However, I've discovered env2debconf.
With this small change: sed <floppy/sbin/env2debconf~ >floppy/sbin/env2debconf \ -e 's/set -e/set -ex/' \ -e '/for/ s=\<set\>=set;cat /etc/env 2>/dev/null='
I can put a list into /etc/env and the answers become the new defaults.
It seems to me this approach goes a good way to automating the process of installing with d-i.
These are values I'm using atm: ns:/mnt# cat floppy/etc/env mirror/country=Australia mirror/protocol=http mirror/http/hostname=debian.demo.lan mirror/http/proxy=http://debian.demo.lan:3128/ apt-setup/mirror=ftp.wa.au.debian.org mirror/suite=testing apt-setup/country=Australia apt-setup/directory=/debian apt-setup/hostname=debian.demo.lan apt-setup/non-free=true apt-setup/non-us=true apt-setup/contrib=true
To some extent I'm guessing what to do: atm the choice of mirror doesn't work, but country does.
Questions I'd like answered now:
1. How do I get _my_ choices of install language and keyboard?
2. How do I get these questions marked "seen" so I don't see them?
3. Is there a script I can run to get a consolidated list of questions, & acceptable answers? A grep over the templates file goes part of the way,
4. How do I tell d-i to install off debian.demo.lan?
I'm trying to get something close to an automatic install, and that means no pauses unless there's an error.
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