Re: Is there a way to ssh into the debian installation process?

2013-12-10 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sun, Dec 08, 2013 at 08:57:05PM -0800, Rick Thomas a écrit :
> 
> Do I have to build my own CD?  Or is there some way I can use a standard
> netinst CD, put a magic parameter on the boot command line and maybe
> something (what?) on a handy USB stick, and have it all fall into place?
> 
> This seems to involve heavy use of pre-seeding.  I don't have any experience
> with pre-seeding, but maybe this is the time to learn.  Can you point me to
> an explanation of what I need to know?

Hi Rick,

with a proper preseed file, you can start the network console with a netinst
CD, or even a more minimal netboot image. 

In theory, this needs only the three lines of preseed indicated on the Debian
wiki (<https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/NetworkConsole>).

In practice, if the installer has a question to ask before reaching that step, 
it
will wait indefinitely for the answer.  The Installer's guide has explanations
on how to change the Debconf prioriy, pass start parameters and preseed a couple
of early questions in order to avoid this.

http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/apbs02.html.en

You might need a bit of trial and error.  If you think that something can be
clarified in the documentation, I guess that patches will be welcome.

Have a nice day,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan


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Re: Is there a way to ssh into the debian installation process?

2013-12-08 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sun, Dec 08, 2013 at 06:26:33PM -0800, Rick Thomas a écrit :
> 
> Is there some way to tell the debian installer to enable an ssh server during
> the installation?  I'd like to be able to ssh/slogin/scp to the installation
> process so I can retrieve log files and otherwise snoop the process when the
> keyboard/mouse are frozen.
> 
> This is part of my pursuit of Bug#728936, which renders it impossible to do a
> normal Sid CD-based installation of my PowerPC Macs, because the USB keyboard
> and mouse are not recognized.

Dear Rick,

I think that https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/NetworkConsole is what you
are looking for.

Cheers,

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Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan


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