On Mon 05 Nov 2012 at 07:49:29 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > Brian wrote: > >On Sun 04 Nov 2012 at 06:55:41 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > >>*My procedure* > >>1. Partition/format a 16 GB USB stick as single primary partition > >>formatted as ext2 using Gparted. > > > >At this stage of the installer's operation it is very happy to deal with > >FAT16. I'd suggest you fall in with its wishes rather than having to > >persuade it to use ext2. > > And this is documented where?
The installer has a Manual. > Just to be safe ;> I grabbed another USB stick and formatted it to > FAT16 with Gparted. Doing the right thing is being "safe"? > >>2. Copy a sample preseed.cfg to it (some answers had been changed to > >>match my needs). > >>3. Boot from DVD 1 of 8 of Debian 6.0.5 > >>4. From the menu choose "Automated install" > >>5. Press <Tab> to edit > >>6. Backspace to remove "Quiet" leaving "--" as last thing on the > >>line. > >>7. Append "preseed/file=/sdb1/preseed.cfg" to the line > > > >This tells the installer the preseed file is at /<directory>/preseed.cfg. > >If the directory does not exist the installer will not find the file. If > >the file system on the USB stick is not mounted on <directory> the > >installer will still not find the file. > > > >I'd not choose sdb1 as the directory name, but if you choose to keep it: > > I hope it's obvious that I thought I was designating a "physical > device" *NOT* a "logical device". Whatever you meant to be obvious, wasn't. Which is why I added detail, to indicate you were heading the wrong way. But you knew that anyway because d-i got uppity. > Sorry, but in a lot of ways I still show my CPM-80 heritage ;) > > > > > mkdir sdb1 > > > > mount -t vfat /dev/sdX1 /sdb1 > > > >Both done after getting a terminal with ALT-F2. > > That procedure does not AND (i suspect) *CANNOT* work. > REMEMBER, I have a "virgin" machine and DVD 1 of 8. > I insert DVD and instruct BIOS to boot from it. > When menu appears. ALT-F2 does ABSOLUTELY _NOTHING_ ;< Correct. I'm glad I didn't advise it. > HOWEVER, after performing Step 7 above pressing <Enter> and allowing > install to proceed to the error screen one may then > a. access terminal with ALT-F2 > b. enter commands > mkdir sdb1 > mount -t vfat /dev/sdX1 /sdb1 > c. return to the error screen with ALT-F2 > d. press <Enter> twice > e. Choose "Load debconf preconfiguation file" from menu > f. Enjoy your Debian machine This is what I advised you do. It appears to have worked. Incidentally, you do not have to create a directory. The installer has /media and /mnt available for you to use. preseed/file=/mnt/preseed.cfg" mount -t vfat /dev/sdX1 /mnt -- 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/20121105181953.GA12976@desktop