Cyril,
Even better. Thanks. Currently in the process of translating things from Red Hat land to Debian, and this is now an non-issue with this information. Appreciate the responsiveness. I think it is safe to close this item as I have paths forward for what I am wishing to accomplish. All the best, ./brent ------- Original Message ------- On Monday, July 3rd, 2023 at 15:31, Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org> wrote: > > > Hi Brent, > > Brent Kolasinski b...@brentk.io (2023-07-03): > > > There does seem to be quite a few extra steps involved in the expert > > install vs the normal install, especially if the only reason you are > > running expert mode is to just set the timezone to UTC. > > > Right. I forgot to mention a middle ground: passing time/zone=Etc/UTC on > the kernel command line (instead of starting expert install) should give > you the desired results without going through all those extra steps. > > (That is, stuff you would stash in a preseed file/URL can also be passed > on the kernel command line. Reading your mails, I'm not sure this is > known / has been considered already.) > > > Cheers, > -- > Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org) https://debamax.com/ > > D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant