On Sun 14 Oct 2018 at 21:50:22 +0530, Veek M wrote:
> How do you disable the 'Detect and Mount CD-ROM' when preseeding via
> grub cmdline.
>
> I do:
> loopback loop0 (hd0,3)/files/debian_9.5-amd64-DVD-1.iso
> linux (loop0)/install.amd/vmlinuz locale=en_GB.UTF-8 etc...
> initrd (loop0)/install.amd/initrd.gz
>
> after pressing 'c' in GRUB
>
> I get the very annoying cdrom-detect program running which prompts me
> to insert a CD. Since this is a ISO install, I want to skip that.
I wonder whether there is such an option. It does not make sense in the
context of a netinst image.
> Additionally, I am trying to preseed.cfg from
> (hd0,3)/files/preseed.cfg and this does not work because /hd-media is
> not created or mounted - how do i fix this?
Probably by not using GRUB's loop facility.
> Also, what's the purpose of shared/ask_device
> and shared/enter_device
> I couldn't find docs for this
Documentation is in the Templates file of the iso-scan udeb. It's the
best you will get.
> Basically what I'm TRYING TO do is, use ONE USB to store the ISOs and
> preseed.cfg (sdb3), and install to another partition (either sdb1 or
> sdb2 depending on what I can get away with)
> [usually you extract the ISO to sdb1 and manually shove the
> pressed.cfg in there, AND THEN install to sdb2]
Parts of
https://wiki.debian.org/Installation+Archive+USBStick
could be of help.
--
Brian.
