Re: How to get preseed to ASK me for hostname + strange partitioning behaviour
Hi,
Jonas Bygdén <jbygden@gmail.com> wrote (Thu, 20 Jan 2022 22:40:12 +0100):
> However (albeit strange after reading the docs) if I remove the priority boot-parameter completely I DO get the hostname/domainname question and THEN I get the question about where to find the preseed file. Looking promising so far.
That's correct so far.
It works like it was designed:
with the priority parameter you can control, if you want to see only the most
important questions or all (new-user installation vs. expert installation).
That only makes sense for interactive installations.
When doing automated installations via preseeding, that's a complete
different story.
In that case, the control of which question you see and which not is
lying in your preseed file: if you answer a question via your preseed file,
the installer does not need to ask that anymore, because it's already
answered.
Holger
> > On 20 Jan 2022, at 20:56, Jonas Bygdén <jbygden@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > After setting priority to ‘high’ instead of ‘critical’ I don’t even get the question about where to find the preseed file...
> >
> >> On 20 Jan 2022, at 19:46, john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com <mailto:johndoe65534@mail.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 1/20/2022 5:11 PM, Jonas Bygdén wrote:
> >>> Ok, now it looks like this:
> >>>
> >>> # Any hostname and domain names assigned from dhcp take precedence over
> >>> # values set here. However, setting the values still prevents the questions
> >>> # from being shown, even if values come from dhcp.
> >>> d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
> >>> d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain
> >>> d-i netcfg/get_hostname seen false
> >>> d-i netcfg/get_domain seen false
> >>>
> >>> # If you want to force a hostname, regardless of what either the DHCP
> >>> # server returns or what the reverse DNS entry for the IP is, uncomment
> >>> # and adjust the following line.
> >>> #d-i netcfg/hostname string somehost
> >>> #d-i netcfg/hostname seen false
> >>>
> >>> # Disable that annoying WEP key dialog.
> >>> #d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string
> >>> # The wacky dhcp hostname that some ISPs use as a password of sorts.
> >>> d-i netcfg/dhcp_hostname string debian
> >>> d-i netcfg/get_hostname seen false
> >>> d-i netcfg/get_domain seen false
> >>>
> >>> But still - it goes directly to the partitioning after choosing keyboard layout, without any hostname question.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Maybey setting the 'priority' to 'high' instead of 'critical'.
> >>
> >> --
> >> John Doe
> >
>
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