On Sun 14 Oct 2018 at 21:50:22 +0530, Veek M wrote: > How do you disable the 'Detect and Mount CD-ROM' when preseeding via > grub cmdline. > > I do: > loopback loop0 (hd0,3)/files/debian_9.5-amd64-DVD-1.iso > linux (loop0)/install.amd/vmlinuz locale=en_GB.UTF-8 etc... > initrd (loop0)/install.amd/initrd.gz > > after pressing 'c' in GRUB > > I get the very annoying cdrom-detect program running which prompts me > to insert a CD. Since this is a ISO install, I want to skip that.
I wonder whether there is such an option. It does not make sense in the context of a netinst image. > Additionally, I am trying to preseed.cfg from > (hd0,3)/files/preseed.cfg and this does not work because /hd-media is > not created or mounted - how do i fix this? Probably by not using GRUB's loop facility. > Also, what's the purpose of shared/ask_device > and shared/enter_device > I couldn't find docs for this Documentation is in the Templates file of the iso-scan udeb. It's the best you will get. > Basically what I'm TRYING TO do is, use ONE USB to store the ISOs and > preseed.cfg (sdb3), and install to another partition (either sdb1 or > sdb2 depending on what I can get away with) > [usually you extract the ISO to sdb1 and manually shove the > pressed.cfg in there, AND THEN install to sdb2] Parts of https://wiki.debian.org/Installation+Archive+USBStick could be of help. -- Brian.