Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> writes: > Hi, > > Jonas Bygdén <jbygden@gmail.com> wrote (Sat, 29 Jan 2022 20:24:41 +0100): >> Yes, I understand that - having extensive experience with both Solaris Jumpstart and RHEL kickstart. >> What I found perplexing was that regardless of setting in the preseed I still HAVE to unset the priority parameter to force the question about hostname. > > Ok, I see: > when using the "Automated install" entry from the installer menu, the > "priority=critical" parameter is automatically used. > > Maybe we should change that. > Will ask other people involved about their opinion here... If the question isn't critical, then most people don't want it asked in an automated install, because otherwise they'd be forced to preseed things where the default is perfectly fine for them. Automatic Install is just shorthand for adding: auto=true priority=critical to the kernel command line, so if that's not what you wanted, you could use the standard install and only add the `auto=true`. BTW I'me pretty sure it's possible to preseed `debconf/priority` (although it might already be too late by the time the network preseed lands to make it then ask the hostname question). Having a quick glance at the code: https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/preseed/-/blob/master/auto-install.sh#L12 I don't really see how dropping the priority could stop that question being asked ... well, unless there's also DHCP preseeding (to drop the priority, say), in which case it looks like it assumes you'll also be providing the url setting via DHCP as well, and therefore doesn't ask for it. Perhaps we need a preseed option to force the asking of the hostname question, but I have a feeling that there ought to be some combination of preseeding, DHCP and DNS that should already ensure that it is asked. Cheers, Phil. -- |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] HANDS.COM Ltd. |-| http://www.hands.com/ http://ftp.uk.debian.org/ |(| Hugo-Klemm-Strasse 34, 21075 Hamburg, GERMANY
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