Actually it is a bit more complex. I use the late_command to download and then run a PERL script which is chrooted in /target as you can see here:
d-i preseed/late_command string \ in-target wget http://x.x.x.x/d-i/wheezy/postinst.pl -O /tmp/postinst.pl; \ in-target /bin/chmod 755 /tmp/postinst.pl; \ in-target /tmp/postinst.pl; Maybe I could add an extra command to late_command after running my PERL script such as: cp /target/etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces but I am not sure if it is possible to mix "in-target" commands with no "in-target" commands in one single late_command config param. Did you maybe already try that and know? else I will simply give it a try later on. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 5:14 PM Subject: Re: Wheezy preseed overwritting interfaces file On Mon 20 May 2013 at 03:40:41 -0700, ML mail wrote: > Thanks for taking the time and testing this issue. I will definitely > open a bug for that one on the netcfg package as you recommend. This > has for sure been changed between squeeze and wheezy as with squeeze I > was using exactly the same procedure and it worked just fine. It was remiss not to ask what your late_command is. I'd assumed it is along the lines of /bin/echo <something> >> /target/e/n/i When you set up the network at the start of the installation an interfaces file is written to /etc/network. This file is copied to /target/etc/network during the install of the base system. On Squeeze it is this interfaces file in /target which ends up as the one on the installed system. If you alter it with the late_command then this altered file is the one put on the installed system. All nice and straightforward. On Wheezy you still have an interfaces file in /e/n/; it is still copied to /target/e/n and it still gets altered by late_command at the 'Finish the installation' stage. However, netcfg on Wheezy has a script (not present on Squeeze) which is run when the install finishes. With a wired network it copies the existing /e/n/i to /target/e/n/i. This copied file is the one you get. In your situation you could work round the problem with /bin/echo <something> >> /e/n/i But don't decide to switch to using a wireless network for installing because a different procedure is used. Before being copied to /target /e/n/i is rewritten to contain only a loopback interface. Not only will you lose any changes made by late_command but you won't even have any connectivity when you boot into the new system! -- 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/20130520151424.GH23758@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/1369065261.55752.yahoomail...@web164606.mail.gq1.yahoo.com
