Bug#610526: Preseed: Debian Installer ignores hostname parameter
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 06:05:53PM +0100, Dennis Hoppe wrote: > Am 24.01.2011 08:28, schrieb Matthew Palmer: > > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 04:54:40PM +0100, Dennis Hoppe wrote: > >> Am 20.01.2011 02:16, schrieb Matthew Palmer: > >>> * The kernel and initrd you're booting with; can I get the md5sums of them > >>> and where you got them from? > >> > >> i am using the file "debian-multi_5.0.7.iso" from one of the official > >> Debian mirrors and have not changed the initrd. > > > > I can't find any CD image with that name; all the files I've found follow a > > very different naming convention. Could you give me the full URL to the > > file that you downloaded? > > my mistake. The file above is based on my own naming convention. I used > the following URL. > > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/multi-arch/iso-cd/debian-507-amd64-i386-powerpc-netinst.iso Thanks for that. I've examined the differences between this image and the corresponding one for 5.0.6, and I can't find anything that would account for the difference in behaviour. In particular, the versions of netcfg (the component that handles the hostname) are the same, and it doesn't have a lot of external dependencies that could affect it. Unfortunately, without any ability to reproduce the problem, or any way to narrow down what the difference might be, I'm afraid I can't go any further with this bug report. Also, as Squeeze is very close to release, and you've reported that the squeeze installer works fine, there's a limit to how much time I'm willing to expend trying to reproduce the problem. If you have or discover any further information that might help, please feel free to e-mail the bug report, otherwise this will have to languish, and will be closed once woody is no longer supported. - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110124191128.gk20...@hezmatt.org
Bug#610526: Preseed: Debian Installer ignores hostname parameter
Hello Matthew, Am 24.01.2011 08:28, schrieb Matthew Palmer: > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 04:54:40PM +0100, Dennis Hoppe wrote: >> Am 20.01.2011 02:16, schrieb Matthew Palmer: >>> * The kernel and initrd you're booting with; can I get the md5sums of them >>> and where you got them from? >> >> i am using the file "debian-multi_5.0.7.iso" from one of the official >> Debian mirrors and have not changed the initrd. > > I can't find any CD image with that name; all the files I've found follow a > very different naming convention. Could you give me the full URL to the > file that you downloaded? my mistake. The file above is based on my own naming convention. I used the following URL. http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/multi-arch/iso-cd/debian-507-amd64-i386-powerpc-netinst.iso Regards, Dennis signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#610526: Preseed: Debian Installer ignores hostname parameter
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 04:54:40PM +0100, Dennis Hoppe wrote: > Am 20.01.2011 02:16, schrieb Matthew Palmer: > > * The kernel and initrd you're booting with; can I get the md5sums of them > > and where you got them from? > > i am using the file "debian-multi_5.0.7.iso" from one of the official > Debian mirrors and have not changed the initrd. I can't find any CD image with that name; all the files I've found follow a very different naming convention. Could you give me the full URL to the file that you downloaded? - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110124072807.gb20...@hezmatt.org
Bug#610526: Preseed: Debian Installer ignores hostname parameter
Hello Matthew, Am 20.01.2011 02:16, schrieb Matthew Palmer: > I'm having some trouble reproducing your bug report. > > Here are the exact steps I took: > > 1) Download the mini.iso from > http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/20090123lenny8/images/netboot/ > (other mirrors should have the same; md5sum is > 1f497d52bb97c03810d3e87d8ecf5d94) > > 2) Boot the installer ISO in a KVM VM > > 3) At the graphical isolinux boot screen, press TAB and add 'hostname=basic' > to the end of the command line > > (I can't use priority=critical because I need to set a local Debian mirror, > and auto=true just asks for a preseed file -- which I don't have because you > haven't provided it) > > 4) Manually configure the network (I disabled my DHCP server so that it > wouldn't provide a hostname) with an IP address that doesn't reverse resolve > (to avoid hostname being overridden via rDNS) > > 5) When it asks to configure the mirror, drop into a console and verify that > the temporary environment has the right hostname with cat /etc/hostname > > 6) Let the installation proceed, automatically partitioning the disk and > setting up some dummy users > > 7) When it comes to installing grub, drop back to a console and verify that > the target environment has the right hostname with cat /target/etc/hostname > > 8) Complete the install, reboot, note that the booted system has the correct > hostname. > > Now, I know that a number of things are different between your report and my > method of reproduction, but they *should* (big emphasis there) be irrelevant > to how the hostname is preseeded. Obviously one of them isn't irrelevant, > so we need to work out what it is. > > Things to check: > > * The kernel and initrd you're booting with; can I get the md5sums of them > and where you got them from? i am using the file "debian-multi_5.0.7.iso" from one of the official Debian mirrors and have not changed the initrd. I only modified the file "isolinux/txt.cfg" to choose a specific preseed config. > * Booting without a preseed file... it's possible that your preseed file is > doing something hinky, so if you *must* test with a preseed file, we'll > need a copy of it. Of course. Here ist my little preseed config. But exact the same file worked with Debian 5.0.6 and also works with Debian 6.x.x. > * Dropping priority=critical for the purposes of testing would be > good, too, to keep things consistent and to rule it out (although early > testing showed that /etc/hostname had the right value in it). During the whole installation process the file "target/etc/hostname" hast the content "unassinged-hostname" and the dhcp of virtualbox does not offer any hostnames. Regards, Dennis Contents of the preconfiguration file (for lenny) ### Localization # Locale sets language and country. d-i debian-installer/locale string de_DE.UTF-8 # Keyboard selection. #d-i console-tools/archs select at d-i console-keymaps-at/keymap select de-latin1-nodeadkeys # Example for a different keyboard architecture #d-i console-keymaps-usb/keymap select mac-usb-us ### Network configuration # netcfg will choose an interface that has link if possible. This makes it # skip displaying a list if there is more than one interface. d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto # To pick a particular interface instead: #d-i netcfg/choose_interface select eth1 # If you have a slow dhcp server and the installer times out waiting for # it, this might be useful. #d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 60 # If you prefer to configure the network manually, uncomment this line and # the static network configuration below. #d-i netcfg/disable_dhcp boolean true # If you want the preconfiguration file to work on systems both with and # without a dhcp server, uncomment these lines and the static network # configuration below. #d-i netcfg/dhcp_failed note #d-i netcfg/dhcp_options select Configure network manually # Static network configuration. #d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string 192.168.1.1 #d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string 192.168.1.42 #d-i netcfg/get_netmask string 255.255.255.0 #d-i netcfg/get_gateway string 192.168.1.1 #d-i netcfg/confirm_static boolean true # Any hostname and domain names assigned from dhcp take precedence over # values set here. However, setting the values still prevents the questions # from being shown, even if values come from dhcp. d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain # Disable that annoying WEP key dialog. d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string # The wacky dhcp hostname that some ISPs use as a password of sorts. #d-i netcfg/dhcp_hostname string radish # If non-free firmware is needed for the network or other hardware, you can # configure the installer to always try to load it, without prompting. Or # change to false to disable asking. #d-i hw-detect/load_firmware boolean true ### Network console # Use the following settings if you wish to make use of
Bug#610526: Preseed: Debian Installer ignores hostname parameter
package netcfg tag 610526 +moreinfo tag 610526 +unreproducible thanks Hi Dennis, I'm having some trouble reproducing your bug report. Here are the exact steps I took: 1) Download the mini.iso from http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/20090123lenny8/images/netboot/ (other mirrors should have the same; md5sum is 1f497d52bb97c03810d3e87d8ecf5d94) 2) Boot the installer ISO in a KVM VM 3) At the graphical isolinux boot screen, press TAB and add 'hostname=basic' to the end of the command line (I can't use priority=critical because I need to set a local Debian mirror, and auto=true just asks for a preseed file -- which I don't have because you haven't provided it) 4) Manually configure the network (I disabled my DHCP server so that it wouldn't provide a hostname) with an IP address that doesn't reverse resolve (to avoid hostname being overridden via rDNS) 5) When it asks to configure the mirror, drop into a console and verify that the temporary environment has the right hostname with cat /etc/hostname 6) Let the installation proceed, automatically partitioning the disk and setting up some dummy users 7) When it comes to installing grub, drop back to a console and verify that the target environment has the right hostname with cat /target/etc/hostname 8) Complete the install, reboot, note that the booted system has the correct hostname. Now, I know that a number of things are different between your report and my method of reproduction, but they *should* (big emphasis there) be irrelevant to how the hostname is preseeded. Obviously one of them isn't irrelevant, so we need to work out what it is. Things to check: * The kernel and initrd you're booting with; can I get the md5sums of them and where you got them from? * Booting without a preseed file... it's possible that your preseed file is doing something hinky, so if you *must* test with a preseed file, we'll need a copy of it. * Dropping priority=critical for the purposes of testing would be good, too, to keep things consistent and to rule it out (although early testing showed that /etc/hostname had the right value in it). Thanks, - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110120011656.gs3...@hezmatt.org
Bug#610526: Preseed: Debian Installer ignores hostname parameter
Package: debian-installer Version: 20090123lenny8 Severity: normal Hello, i have added the following lines to the file "isolinux/txt.cfg", but the Debian Installer ignores the hostname parameter. label basic menu label ^Install basic kernel /install.386/vmlinuz append auto=true priority=critical vga=791 initrd=/install.386/initrd.gz file=/cdrom/preseed/basic.cfg DEBCONF_DEBUG=5 hostname=basic -- quiet After the installation the hostname is set to "unassigned-hostname". This Problem only exists with the current lenny release (5.0.7). It worked with earlier releases and the daily squeeze build. Regards, Dennis signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
