Re: debian-installer-launcher

[Zed <zed@lilypadmudlib.com>]

Thank you, Fernando - If I hit a wall again after my rebuild and 
modifying my isolinux *.cfg files, I will give your setup a try.

Have a good one!

Zed (Devin)

On 8/29/2014 3:06 PM, Fernando Toledo wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 13:51:35 -0600, Zed wrote:
> > Thanks to Daniel on IRC with a little direction I learned why it
> > was skipping the preseed. Basically, I had not appended the parameters
> > to the boot options in isolinux. It is copying the preseed to the ISO
> > now, but it can't be located when the install is loading.
> >
> >  I have my preseed here:
> > /config/includes.binary/install/preseed.cfg
> >  When I browse the built ISO I find my file here:
> > /media/cdrom0/install/preseed.cfg
> >
> >  But, when I launch the debian-installer from the liveCD desktop, or
> > from the boot menu I receive the error:
> >  "The file needed for preconfiguration could not be retrieved from
> > file:///install/preseed.cfg [1]. The installation will proceed in
> > non-automated mode.
> >
> >  I have tried various boot options to resolve, but receive the same
> > error (with the file:/// [2] as entered of course):
> >  append preseed/file=/install/preseed.cfg
> >  append preseed/file=/media/cdrom/install/preseed.cfg
> >  append preseed/file=/media/cdrom0/install/preseed.cfg
> >
> >  Getting close, but no cigar as of yet...
> >
> >  Zed
> i put my pressed on config/include.debian-installer
>
> https://github.com/HuayraLinux/live-cd/tree/master/config/includes.debian-installer 
>
>
> then i modified the syslinux menu to include them appending the 
> paremeter to the kernel (file=/pressed.cfg) :
>
> https://github.com/HuayraLinux/live-cd/blob/master/config/includes.binary/isolinux/live.cfg