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Re: Using preseed.cfg with installer?

I think I had gotten the idea to use "clean --binary", but I was starting to think that maybe "clean --all" might be safer.  That might have contributed to my confusion.

I'm not using git at the moment for my process, but I plan to.  Currently, I'm just trying to figure things out.

The manual does indeed have a lot of info.  I mentioned I found some blog posts, and they provided a pretty good step-by-step walkthrough.  A starting point, at least.

Thanks for the help!

On Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 9:27 PM Anindya Chaudhuri <anindyach@hotmail.com> wrote:
Yes, the "clean" is very important between "build" runs. Sometimes, you even have to use "--purge". Btw... do you use git or some form of version control? Without that, the build/learning process is not really tractable. 

Regarding live working examples... Yes, I agree. The manual has a lot of information. Something like a step-by-step walk through would be very helpful. I have been planning on writing up a "practical build guide" for a while now. In any case, having been there myself, I'd be happy to help out if you run into any problems.

Cheers!
From: Reid Rivenburgh <rivenburgh@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2022 3:55 AM
To: Anindya Chaudhuri <anindyach@hotmail.com>
Cc: debian-live@lists.debian.org <debian-live@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: Using preseed.cfg with installer?
 
Thank you for the response. Since my email, I have come to that conclusion as well.  I've had a bit of an adventure trying various things and maybe not cleaning my environment properly between attempts.

Perhaps the documentation could more explicitly state that? As someone new to this, I find the distinctions between the various modes and what happens when a bit confusing.  It is a very useful tool, though!

On Wed, Jun 8, 2022, 10:32 AM Anindya Chaudhuri <anindyach@hotmail.com> wrote:
The location  config/includes.installer/preseed.cfg should work. Can you share your preseed.cfg and auto/config files?

From: Reid Rivenburgh <rivenburgh@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, June 6, 2022 5:23 AM
To: debian-live@lists.debian.org <debian-live@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Using preseed.cfg with installer?
 
Hi.  This is my first attempt to build a custom .iso, and I figured live build is a good way to go about it.

I'm to the point of getting all of the packages and extra files included in the .iso.  What I can't seem to get working now is the preseed.cfg file.  (Again, I haven't used that before, either.)  I've created a preseed.cfg file with appropriate settings, but the installer still prompts me for various things like language and keyboard.  I've tried putting the preseed.cfg file in config/includes.installer/, config/preseed/, and config/binary_debian-installer/.  I've also tried naming it config/preseed/preseed.cfg.chroot and preseed.cfg.binary.  I tried using the command line flag to config, like so:

  --debian-installer-preseedfile config/includes.installer/preseed.cfg

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong...?

TIA,
Reid
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