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Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions



Quoting Yvan Masson (2020-01-29 14:50:26)
> I am automating Buster installations with a preseed file. To do this, 
> I boot the installer successfully with parameters `auto=true 
> url=tftp://my_server domain=mydomain`.
> 
> However, before loading preseed.cfg, installer asks for computer name: 
> I would like this question to be asked in French and more importantly 
> to have the keyboard layout configured in French.
> 
> I have tried many boot parameters (layout=fr, layout=fr(latin9), 
> language=fr, language=fr_FR.UTF-8…) but could not find anything 
> working.
> 
> After answering this question, preseed.cfg is loaded so language and 
> keyboard layout are properly applied.
> 
> Any idea?

Not sure the exact answer to your question is there, but I recommend to 
look throught the (old but full of clever insights some still relevant) 
"hands-off" codebase: http://git.hands.com/hands-off

 - Jonas

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