On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 05:39:24PM +0300, Youssef Eldakar wrote: > I am trying to use preseeding in the Debian Installer in a fashion > similar to Kickstart in Anaconda. I installed a system and tried basing > the preseeding file on the output of debconf-get-selections. The problem > I am running into is that I do not see the manual partitioning I did > during installation reflected in the output of debconf-get-selections.
AFAIK doesn't use partman, the partition program in d-i, debconf. > In short, what I am hoping to accomplish is to install a system and then > tell the Debian Installer to install other systems exactly the same way > I installed this system. The documentation of d-i, debian-installer, has in it's manual ( url = http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/ ) examples like this # You can choose from any of the predefined partitioning recipes. # Note: this must be preseeded with a localized (translated) value. d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe \ select All files in one partition (recommended for new users) #d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe \ # select Separate /home partition #d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe \ # select Separate /home, /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions # Or provide a recipe of your own... # The recipe format is documented in the file # devel/partman-auto-recipe.txt. # If you have a way to get a recipe file into the d-i environment, you # can # just point at it. #d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe_file string /hd-media/recipe # If not, you can put an entire recipe the preconfiguration file in one # (logical) line. This example creates a small /boot partition, suitable # swap, and uses the rest of the space for the root partition: #d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \ # boot-root :: \ # 40 50 100 ext3 \ # $primary{ } $bootable{ } \ # method{ format } format{ } \ # use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \ # mountpoint{ /boot } \ # . \ # 500 10000 1000000000 ext3 \ # method{ format } format{ } \ # use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \ # mountpoint{ / } \ # . \ # 64 512 300% linux-swap \ # method{ swap } format{ } \ # . Let us known which part of the Fantasic manuals needs updating. > Youssef Eldakar > Bibliotheca Alexandrina Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
