Bug#783982: D-i: preseed from floppy no longer works !
No idea about GNU cpio.
Is it compatible with BSD cpio ?
I can't easily introduce new dependency for portable code. (host-side
must be very portable code)
It will require investigation.
Besides, this command didn't work for me. (preseed.cfg wasn't added)
On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 1:36 AM, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, 2015-05-02 at 16:50 +0300, Alexey Eromenko wrote:
>> I ask to reverse decision about "floppy-modules", because while
>> physical floppies aren't used in years, this functionality is very
>> much used for virtualization.
>>
>> Like my vbox-unattened patch; Without floppy driver there will not be
>> an automated installer for Debian 8 VMs in VirtualBox.
>
> You should be able to add the preseed file to the initrd like this:
>
> echo preseed.cfg | cpio -o -H newc | gzip >> initrd.gz
>
> Does that not work for you?
>
> Ben.
>
> --
> Ben Hutchings
> Q. Which is the greater problem in the world today, ignorance or apathy?
> A. I don't know and I couldn't care less.
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-Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"
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