On Tuesday 21 November 2006 13:00, Michael Welle wrote: > I try to perform an unattended network based installation with the > installer from the stable distribution. At the boot prompt I feed the > kernel with parameters like auto=true, priority=critical, > url=http://... or file=/... and locales=en. I've tried the long forms > like DEBCONF_PRIORITY oder debconf/priority, too. Soon after starting > the kernel the installer asks for the language to use. He do not even > try to get the preseed.cfg. network interfaces are down etc. > > Is there a way to use the installer for this scenario? Do I need some > magic ;)? I've tried the installer from edge, which seems to work. But > it tries to load some modules which are not available in the stable > distribution. Please use the version of the installation guide for Sarge [1] when you use the Sarge version of the installer. There have been quite a few changes in preseeding between Sarge and Etch. Other than that, preseeding the Sarge installer should work just fine. Cheers, FJP [1] http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual
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