On Sun 13 Mar 2022 at 20:05:45 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 09 Mar 2022 at 16:18:08 (+0000), Brian wrote: > > > > Sorry, I do not know anything about UEFI and the installer. I will, > > however, guide you through the steps to use preseeding and get a > > network console. > > That would be most helpful if you would post that.
Carry out the instructions in sections 1 to 10 at https://wiki.debian.org/Installation+Archive+USBStick Attached is the relevant portion of my preseed.cfg up to partitioning. I do that manually. -- Brian.
# This file is designed to be used with 'priority=critical'. (The # priority would be 'high' without this entry). # (https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s03.html.en). debconf debconf/priority string critical # Provide non-free firmware files directly to the installer. It now # does not need to search for them in other packages. d-i preseed/early_command string \ cp -a /hd-media/files/firmware /lib # If possible, netcfg will choose interfaces that have links. This # makes it skip displaying a list if there is more than one interface. # The first connected network interface will be selected and used. # # The IP address may be changed after first boot. d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto d-i netcfg/disable_autoconfig boolean true d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string 192.168.7.99 d-i netcfg/get_netmask string 255.255.255.0 d-i netcfg/get_gateway string 192.168.7.1 d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string 192.168.7.1 d-i netcfg/confirm_static boolean true # This sets the hostname for the system; it ignores names provided by # DHCP or DNS. 'hostname=' on the command line of the installer does not # override it. Change the hostname after installation. d-i netcfg/hostname string bullseye # Use ifupdown irrespective of whether a DE (which would bring in # network manager) is installed or whether the connection is wired or # wireless. d-i netcfg/target_network_config select ifupdown # Wireless stuff, if it is available. d-i netcfg/wireless_show_essids select manual d-i netcfg/wireless_essid string MI5_Listening_Station_102 d-i netcfg/wireless_security_type select wpa d-i netcfg/wireless_wpa string xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # Users and passwords. d-i passwd/user-fullname string xxxxx yyyyyy d-i passwd/username string brian d-i passwd/root-password password PASWORD d-i passwd/root-password-again password PASSWORD d-i passwd/user-password password PASSWORD d-i passwd/user-password-again password PASSWORD # Log in from another machine on the local network. Obtain the # IP of the machine booted with d-i from 'arp-scan' if there # isn't a way to use 'ip a' (no monitor attached) and a static # address has not been preeseeded. Then do # # ssh installer@IP_ADDRESS # or # ssh -o GlobalKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null installer@IP_ADDRESS # # and give the password. Change the Debconf priotity back to # "critical" to continue with the remainder of the directives # in preseed.cfg. # # To change console precede the console number with Ctrl-A. For # example, Ctrl-A 4. The console has screen support. # (https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2016/02/msg00547.html). d-i anna/choose_modules string network-console d-i network-console/password password PASSWORD d-i network-console/password-again password PASSWORD # network-console becomes available when a network connection is # established. This line ensures preseeding continues up to the # partitioning stage, which is done manually. d-i network-console/start select continue
