Re: preseeding Bullseye
On Sun 14 Nov 2021 at 18:48:54 +0100, john doe wrote:
> On 11/14/2021 6:34 PM, Brian wrote:
> > On Sun 14 Nov 2021 at 10:54:38 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun 14 Nov 2021 at 08:14:49 (+0000), André Rodier wrote:
> > > > On 14/11/2021 07:39, john doe wrote:
> > > > > On 11/13/2021 5:39 PM, André Rodier wrote:
> > > > No, it does not work, it's still stuck on the same screen.
> > > >
> > > > The solution that worked for me was to add it as a boot parameter.
> > >
> > > For the record, there is also this note in the Installation Guide:
> > >
> > > In order to easily avoid the questions that would normally appear
> > > before the preseeding occurs, you can start the installer in “auto”
> > > mode. This delays questions that would normally be asked too early
> > > for preseeding (i.e. language, country and keyboard selection) until
> > > after the network comes up, thus allowing them to be preseeded. It
> > > also runs the installation at critical priority, which avoids many
> > > unimportant questions. See Section B.2.3 for details.
> >
> > A good FTR. However, when I tried this a few years ago it didn't work
> > for me. Maybe I lacked patience to sort it out properly. That is why
> > I went to boot parameters for language and keyboard.
> >
> > The OP does not say how the preseed file is provided to the installer.
> > My recollection (not checked) is that putting it in the initrd is the
> > only way of ensuring language and keyboard preseeding from the start
> > of the installation.
> >
>
> Using PXE booting, I don't have to preseed any of those steps manually
> if 'auto=true' is passed as kernel boot parameter.
I did own up to not checking the documentation so completely accept
this. The OP hasn't even told us what he is using.
--
Brian.
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