Re: Would allowing preseed to be a tarball a good idea?
On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 03:55:30PM +0800, Glen Huang wrote:
> On Feb 18, 2022, at 4:48 AM, Geert Stappers wrote:
> >> On Feb 16, 2022, at 5:50 PM, Geert Stappers wrote:
> >>>
> >>> The initrd of d-i can indeed be extended / appended.
> >>> And in the "appendix" goes the desired extras. Then
> >>>
> >>> d-i preseed/early_commands /myextras/early_script
> >>
> >> If I’m not wrong, this requires repackaging the installer media?
> >
> > Nope, append is append, not repackaging.
>
> The ideas sounds very interesting, but due to my limited knowledge
> with regard to initrd, I have no idea what it means to “append”
> to it. Googling “debian initrd append” or "initrd append” or
> "initrd appendix” revealed nothing useful AFAICS. I wonder if you
> could point me to some documents/manuals where I’d have a better
> chance understanding it?
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/NetbootFirmware#The_Solution:_Add_Firmware_to_Initramfs
> My current mental model is like this: initrd bundles a temporary fs to
> facilitate the startup process. You can change the files it contains
> using a tool like cpio. So shouldn't appending files to it mean changing
> the initrd file? If initrd file needs to be changed, shouldn’t the
> installer media also be changed to incorporate the changed initrd file?
>
> Regards,
> Glen
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Geert Stappers
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