That's good news, I didn't see that option in the Debian sample preseed config files. So as you recommended I checked the partman-basicfilesystems package from Ubuntu and found the template which does that. Now added the following to my debian preseed file:
d-i partman-basicfilesystems/no_swap boolean false and am going to test it right now :) ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 2:41 PM Subject: Re: No swap for Debian preseed automated installation On Fri 24 Aug 2012 at 05:22:01 -0700, ML mail wrote: > I am currently creating a preseed file to get my server installed > automatically over the network with PXE boot. This server will have no > swap space but I have the problem that if I do not specify a swap > space in my preseed configuration file the automated Debian > installation stops and opens a dialog for configuring swap space. > > I deduct here that it is not possible to have a fully automated > installation without a swap space. Am I right? Or are there any tricks > to overcome this necessity of swap space? No tricks involved. Download the partman-basicfilesystems udeb and search for 'no_swap' in the templates file. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120824124157.GN10084@desktop -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1345812949.52770.yahoomail...@web111416.mail.gq1.yahoo.com