Hello,
I'm trying to use FAI to automate installation of Debian Gnu/Linux on PCs with a set
of packages
and a given configuration, the soft is great and I'm already nearby my goal !
* I've used the net boot (using the GRUB instead of FAI's config but with the same
result)
* I can boot, install and do general tasks, but I've some problems setup the
configuration scripts :
Like the "egg and chicken problem", I wonder if I must install Debian packages first
and then do configuration,
or if I better choose to install configuration (a set of files, mainly in /etc) and
then install packages :
- I *must* install some files like /etc/passwd and some other crucial config files
before any installation
to be sure to have them consistent among different installs (not at the same time
nor exactly the same installation...)
- if I place all config files first, I have problems with packages requiring
decision about which version of
config files to use ; I can do a "yes n | apt-get install <packages>" to prevent
this.
I have to manually (in a config/scripts/* script) install then Debian packages,
loosing power of classes definitions.
I would like to have your feeling about that... Moreover, could I use FAI's package
installation scheme
with a prior script used to install some config files (perhaps using hooks ?)
* I've also a problem when installing packages (via apt-get install in a script), with
debconf.
It seems it is configured as "noninteractive", but I can't change this with
a "dpkg-reconfigure debconf" (even in a shell : the command simply returns, proposing
nothing !)
How to reset debconf behavior ?
Thanks for any advice,
Fred.
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Frédéric Boiteux - Calistel
