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Re: preseeded installing hangs before boot loader install



On Sat, May 07, 2011 at 07:41:58PM -0300, Tiago Alves wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>I have a version of a cd which is able to install debian (when
>connected to internet) and I am using preseeding to automate some
>steps.
>
>The point is, I can't proceed the install process just before the
>bootloader installation: after installing all the requested packages,
>the debian installer hangs asking for the 1st cd, which is on the
>cdrom drive and mounted, however the system is not able to recognize
>it. The workaround I am using to finish the installing is to press
>"ESC" and to manually finish the install process by choosing the
>remaining steps via debian installer menu.
>
>Is there any way to avoid this workaround?
>
>I am using build-simple-cdd and I turned off the security updates and
>also the mirror setup (as I want to provide packages through a cd) by
>preseeding.

Hmmm. Sounds more like a problem for the installer team, to be honest;
try asking on debian-boot?

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