[I couldn't sort the attributions out when snipping. Sorry.] On Mon 17 Dec 2012 at 22:24:11 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > > > I just double checked by running a text mode expert install - that > > > > screen never appears. Richard wrote this. I didn't understand what he was getting at first time round. > > > That does seem like a bug that it would ask it normally but not during > > > the expert install. I haven't tried to recreate it yet myself. > > I spent some time on it today. I don't see any bug there. It seems > to work as expected. This is Bob. > > With a straightforward expert install the keyboard question is asked. > > Maybe something has been added to the command line. That was Brian. (Me). > How are you inserting the preseed data when booting "expert" mode? I > can only think of being able to do that one the command line. Is this question directed at Richard? > For example I can select the boot option: > > expert console-keymaps-at/keymap=us locale=en_US interface=auto > hostname=junk domain=example.com auto > url=http://localweb/debian/preseed-all-regular-atomic-kvm.cfg -- > > Then because it is an expert install it presents the expert install > menu. I can then choose to configure the keyboard because that is one > of the expert installation options. I think that is separate from > whether the right question is preseeded or not. If I do a normal > installation with: Now I am very confused. Firstly, is "expert" a command line option? I am unable to find a reference to it. Secondly, console-keymaps-at/keymap=us on the command line means the keyboard question is not asked. This is irrespective of the priority. > install console-keymaps-at/keymap=us locale=en_US interface=auto > hostname=junk domain=example.com auto > url=http://localweb/debian/preseed-all-regular-atomic-kvm.cfg -- > > Then no questions are asked. > > The documentation for "auto" says: > > The auto boot label is not yet defined everywhere. The same effect > may be achieved by simply adding the two parameters auto=true > priority=critical to the kernel command line. The auto parameter is > an alias for auto-install/enable and setting it to true delays the > locale and keyboard questions until after there has been a chance to > preseed them, while priority is an alias for debconf/priority and > setting it to critical stops any questions with a lower priority > from being asked. > > Therefore if it is set on the command line the delay mentioned > probably does not matter. It seems like that would only affect things > when using a remote preseed file. But I was not able to test this. The delay in asking the locale and keyboard questions lasts until the network is up and running. -- 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/20121218220017.GA6940@desktop
