Debian Installer preseed file problem and work-around
I have several machines with similar configurations which I preseed
when installing Debian. I put all the common variables in a.cfg, then
include a.cfg in the files with variables that, well, vary. The latter
are named by hostname. These are all on a USB thumb drive, which is not
the boot device.
I've had a problem with the installer not finding the preseed file. I
worked around that one by opening a console and manually mounting the
relevant device. That gets me the custom preseed file. However, then
d-i fails to find a.cfg. I've worked around that problem by mounting the
thumb drive, then cd-ing to it, which prevents unmounting.
I haven't yet characterized the mounting problem enough to file a bug,
but I'm pretty sure the problem has to do with not mounting the right
device. I see in the log an attempt to mount /dev/sdc, but not
/dev/sdc1, where the preseed files reside.
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