Kees van den Broek wrote: > * I'd like to define the language in the preseed file, not manually and > also not on the boot prompt.
So would we all. Bug #276001 is the best approach at it I've seen, but will only work if the installation media is changed to include a preseed file, not for network preseeding. > * DI still asks what debian mirror to use (it lists all dutch mirrors). > I've got these settings in the preseed file: > > base-config apt-setup/uri_type select ftp > base-config apt-setup/country select Netherlands > base-config apt-setup/hostname string ftp.nl.debian.org > base-config apt-setup/directory string /debian > base-config apt-setup/another boolean false > > Seems that hostname is not used... You're preseeding base-config here, not d-i. d-i's mirror selection is a different set of lines, see the example in the manual. > * In the preseed file, I configured: apt-setup/uri_type select ftp > Works fine, but after that, the security updates are fetched from http > instead of ftp. Because http is behind a proxy, I want to use ftp. It > should be using either apt-setup/uri_type or should have a setting in > the preseed. This is bug #240711. Note that you can set http proxy values. > * mdetect, read-edid are installed during installation. I don't want > this, I want a minimal installation. And I haven't even selected any > tasksel yet. See #260801; note they are removed later if X is not installed. > * "There was a problem installing ..." dialog came up and this got me > back in the main menu at Select and install packages. Don't know what > went wrong. What log file to look at? /var/log/base-config.log > * I get a setserial question during installation, i that really > critical? I don't think so. Probably due to bug #238301. > * I get ssh questions, are the really (all) critical? Not familiar with these. -- see shy jo
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