Re: preseed d-i

[schoappied <schoappied@gmail.com>]

Thanks for your reply!

Geert Stappers wrote:

> Op 20090120 om 16:19 schreef schoappied:
>   
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > I've made an custom live-cd with d-i included. Now I want to do some  
> > preseeding and I need some help with it to getting started. I want to 
> > disable root password (enable sudo) and add a custom sources.list.
> >
> > This are the options specified in the preseed.cfg to enable sudo and  
> > have a custom sources.list:
> >
> > ### Account setup
> >     
>
>  [ no comment of the account setup ]
>   

> > ### Apt setup
> > # You can choose to install non-free and contrib software.
> > #d-i apt-setup/non-free boolean true
> > #d-i apt-setup/contrib boolean true
> > # Uncomment this if you don't want to use a network mirror.
> > d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean false
> > # Select which update services to use; define the mirrors to be used.
> > # Values shown below are the normal defaults.
> > #d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect security, volatile
> > #d-i apt-setup/security_host string security.debian.org
> > #d-i apt-setup/volatile_host string volatile.debian.org
> >
> > # Additional repositories, local[0-9] available
> > d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string \
> > #       http://local.server/debian stable main
> >  ftp://ftp.debian.us/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
> >     
>
> the comment line after the 'continue line sign' looks strange,
> make it:
>
> d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string \
>   ftp://ftp.debian.us/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
>
>
>   
> > d-i apt-setup/local1/repository string \
> >  http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ testing main
> >
> > d-i apt-setup/local2/repository string \
> >  http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
> >
> > d-i apt-setup/local3/repository string \
> >  http://ftp.uni-kl.de/debian-multimedia/ unstable main
> >
> > d-i apt-setup/local4/repository string \
> >  http://security.debian.org lenny/updates main contrib non-free
> >
> >
> > #d-i apt-setup/local0/comment string local server
> > # Enable deb-src lines
> > d-i apt-setup/local0/source boolean true
> >     
Ok, and if I want to enable deb-src lines for all the repo strings I do


d-i apt-setup/local1/source boolean true

...local2....
....local3...

etc.

?




> > # URL to the public key of the local repository; you must provide a key or
> > # apt will complain about the unauthenticated repository and so the
> > # sources.list line will be left commented out
> > #d-i apt-setup/local0/key string http://local.server/key
> >
> > # By default the installer requires that repositories be authenticated
> > # using a known gpg key. This setting can be used to disable that
> > # authentication. Warning: Insecure, not recommended.
> > d-i debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated string true
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I've this in the binary file in the build environment of the live-cd:
> >
> > # $LH_DEBIAN_INSTALLER_PRESEEDFILE: set debian-installer preseed  
> > filename/url
> > # (Default: )
> > LH_DEBIAN_INSTALLER_PRESEEDFILE="/home/d/debianlive/preseed.cfg"
> >
> >
> > Are these setting right?
> >     
>
> Right enough to try-out   8^)
>
>   
I tried it out with the settings I posted you... but when I did a 
'installgui' he was just asking for the root password and I thought I 
set it to 'false' e.g. not making a root account...

Regards,

Dirk