Re: preseed from CD different to network booting

[Iain M Conochie <iain@thargoid.co.uk>]

Hey Brian,
On 26/09/14 19:24, Brian wrote:

> On Fri 26 Sep 2014 at 19:02:57 +0100, Iain M Conochie wrote:
>
> >    I am trying to compose a real basic preseed file, that will answer
> > all the d-i questions so that the install is completely automated.
> > This works on a PXE boot (with dhcp) but not with a CD boot (with
> > dhcp). I still get asked to confirm my hostname, domain name and
> > also if I want to install grub on the MBR with the CD install, but
> > not the PXE install. What gives?
> For the hostname:
>
>     d-i netcfg/get_hostname string test
>     d-i netcfg/hostname string test
>
> For grub:
>
>     d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true
>     d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
>
> The domain name cannot be preseeded.
>
> This is recommended:
>
>     https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/example-preseed.txt
Yeah - I used that for inspiration. I guess I should add the grub parts so
that the questions are not asked. Thanks for that.

However, I am concerned why a CD d-i behaves differently to a PXE d-i. It,
of course, could  be that I am using different versions (the ISO image I 
have is old)
so I will try the latest images and see what happens. I am using a 
netinst CD
image if that makes any difference.

Cheers

Iain