Re: Network setup by installer
On Fri 19 Jan 2018 at 19:09:27 +0000, Brian wrote:
> On Sat 20 Jan 2018 at 03:25:00 +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote:
>
> > To get out of the situation I'm in on those two machines, I just need to
> > hand-craft the interfaces file to something like what you have above,
> > with appropriate device, ssid and WPA password values substituted. For
> > these PARTICULAR systems, firmware doesn't seem to be a problem.
>
> That's about it. The transferring of the interfaces file takes place in
> a late_command. I've not tried it myself but it should work and I intend
> to have a go tomorrow.
The location of the files you provide will be different from mine.
interfaces could also have stanzas for all the wireless devices; only
one of them is going to be brought up anyway. This works for me:
d-i preseed/late_command string \
cp /hd-media/files/interfaces /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
mkdir /target/lib/firmware; \
cp /hd-media/files/zd1211/ /target/lib/firmware; \
in-target apt-get -y install wpasupplicant;
The technique just replaces installing over a wireless link from the
start. I've been wondering why you chose not to do that and avoid the
extra work.
--
Brian.
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