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Re: Forcing question to be asked while presseeding



On Sun 01 Jun 2014 at 08:27:09 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:

> Richard Owlett wrote:
> >Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide
> >   Appendix B. Automating the installation using preseeding
> >     B.5.2. Using preseeding to change default values
> >                            AND
> >     B.2.2. Using boot parameters to preseed questions
> >suggest that I should be able to accomplish my goal. I need some
> >actual example to understand what the text is saying.
> >[snip red herring producer]
> 
> B.5.2 states
> /begin quote
>  It is possible to use preseeding to change the default answer for a
> question, but still have the question asked. To do this the seen
> flag must be reset to “false” after setting the value for a
> question.
> 
> d-i foo/bar string value
> d-i foo/bar seen false
> /end quote
> 
> Does anyone have any known example of this working for any value of
> "foo/bar"?

Yes. Do you have any known non-working examples?


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