Re: Installing/Preparing Debian on a headless system
On Wed 09 Mar 2022 at 15:57:04 +0100, Christian Britz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> after learning that the Debian-based RaspberryPi OS does not get
> security fixes always in time (see dirty-pipe), I am considering
> installing pure Debian on my system. It seems not all proprietary
> components are supported, but I don't need video acceleration anyway,
> for example. My Pi acts as a home server.
>
> The thing is, the Pi is headless, it was never connected to a monitor or
> keyboard, all configuration was done via SSH on a pre-built Raspberry PI
> OS image. I do not even have an USB keyboard and the Pi has obviously no
> PS/2 connectors.
>
> Do you have some ideas for me, how I could prepare a minimal Debian
> image on my notebook which is able to boot on the Pi and has already an
> user and SSH configured? Everything else I would setup remotely.
The short answer is that you use the network-console udeb. To do that,
I preseed wirh
d-i anna/choose_modules string network-console
I boot with a netinst using hd-media and pressed from a file.
--
Brian.
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