Re: #603444: clarifications in appendix b.4 of debian install guide
Gregory Nowak <greg@romuald.net.eu.org> wrote:
> 1. Section b.4.3 states:
>
> "Use the following settings if you wish to make use of the network-console
> # component for remote installation over SSH. This only makes sense if you
> # intend to perform the remainder of the installation manually."
>
> Where can one find more info on this?
> At what point can the user take manual control over the installation process when using this method?
> If a user doesn't have a monitor attached to the computer, how would one know when it is possible to take manual control of the installation process?
I have added a hint, which points to
https://d-i.debian.org/doc/installation-guide/en.amd64/ch06s03.html#network-console
as source for additional info.
> Depending on the answer to the question on where one can find more info, answers to the 2 questions following that one may not be necessary.
>
>
> 2. Section b.4.4 reads:
>
> "#d-i mirror/protocol string ftp
> d-i mirror/country string manual
> d-i mirror/http/hostname string http.us.debian.org
> d-i mirror/http/directory string /debian"
>
> Even though the first line says mirror/protocol string ftp, some users may find it confusing that all other values begin with mirror/http/... I think it would be a good idea to state something like:
>
> "If you will use an ftp mirror, fill mirror/http/hostname, and mirror/http/directory, with information for the ftp mirror you're going to use."
The first line setting protocol to ftp is commented out, so it's not actively
used. It shows a possible custom setting.
The used default value is http.
And this fits perfectly to the following /http/ lines :-)
I have added a clarification, to point out the default value.
> 3. Section b.4.6 reads:
>
> "If the system has free space you can choose to only partition that space.
> #d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select biggest_free"
>
> How will this space be partitioned, as one big partition, or several smaller partitions?
> If several smaller partitions, then how is the size and mount point of each partition determined?
> What file system will be used on partitions created in this way?
> Will this free space also have a swap partition created, or not?
> The phrase
>
> "Alternatively, you can specify a disk to partition."
>
> leads me to understand that the discussion about recipes below doesn't apply to automatically partitioning the biggest free space, thus my confusion.
I should be understandable from the introduction at
https://d-i.debian.org/doc/installation-guide/en.amd64/apbs04.html#preseed-partman
that
'd-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select biggest_free'
or
'd-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda'
or similar only point to space on one of your harddisks, which you want
to use for the Debian installation.
How it is used in detail, is defined further below, like:
- which method (regular, lvm, crypto)
- which recipe (atomic, home, multi - or own recipes)
and further specs like filesystems or mountpoints.
Closing this bug.
Thanks for reporting - even if it needed 11 years to get this done :-(
Holger
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