On Fri 04 Jul 2014 at 17:26:25 -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 07/04/2014 05:07 PM, Brian wrote: > > > On Fri 04 Jul 2014 at 16:30:28 -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > > > >> I expect that (he?) wants to have the process be more-or-less fully > >> automated - i.e., have the mouting and whatever else is necessary > >> for the installer to recognize and use the (externally located) > >> preseed file be handled automatically, preferably without even > >> needing to explicitly specify the preseed-file location at install > >> time. > > > > Possibly. The OP's response should clarify that. It's achievable > > wihout touching the initrd. > > I'd be interested to know how. This is something I'd actually like to do > myself, at some point, though I don't have an active need for it soon.
Use the hd-media vmlinuz and initrd with file=/hdmedia/preseed.cfg, The partition the insatllation ISO is on is automatically mounted. (It has to be so that the ISO can be found). > >> Assuming the initrd used in the installer environment is > >> customizable / tweakable, this shouldn't be impossible, but I'd > >> have to do some research to figure out how to go about it. > > > > Basically: gunzip and use cpio on the initrd. Add preseed file. > > Reverse the previous process. > > Yes, I know how to modify an initrd. I suspected yuo might do but thought the OP and others might need a nudge in the right direction. :) > Putting the preseed file into the initrd would seem to involve baking it > into the (potentially read-only) boot media, though, which he > specifically indicated he wanted to avoid. What I read him as saying he > wants to do is to have the preseed file on a separate (writable) device, > probably a USB stick, and have it be automatically accessed from the > unchanging boot media. It is unclear to me why the boot medium needs to be on a CD. > The reason I thought it might be necessary to modify the initrd is to > add scripts to mount the appropriate device, and to specify a default > preseed-file path which is under the resulting mount point. Not necessary. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/04072014223444.a7adad0ea...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk