Re: Preseed Bug or User Error?
On 3/3/2021 11:53 PM, Charles Curley wrote: On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 18:47:16 + Brian wrote: Major improvement, thank you! I did have to answer some questions on the way through, but did get a good connection. Good. As I tried to indicate, the priority at which d-i is run affects which questions are asked. Otherwise you get the default; what you call the "correct selection" later on. My preseed file starts with debconf debconf/priority string critical That helped, thank you. Something is preventing d-i from stopping before rebooting. I would like to avoid that. There may be occasions when I want to examine the results before I reboot. (I do know about /var/log/install.) Near the EOF at (1): "### Finishing up the installation # During installations from serial console, the regular virtual consoles # (VT1-VT6) are normally disabled in /etc/inittab. Uncomment the next # line to prevent this. #d-i finish-install/keep-consoles boolean true # Avoid that last message about the install being complete. d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note" 1) https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/example-preseed.txt -- John Doe
Re: Preseed Bug or User Error?
On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 18:47:16 + Brian wrote: > > Major improvement, thank you! I did have to answer some questions on > > the way through, but did get a good connection. > > Good. As I tried to indicate, the priority at which d-i is run affects > which questions are asked. Otherwise you get the default; what you > call the "correct selection" later on. My preseed file starts with > > debconf debconf/priority string critical That helped, thank you. Something is preventing d-i from stopping before rebooting. I would like to avoid that. There may be occasions when I want to examine the results before I reboot. (I do know about /var/log/install.) > Try > > d-i netcfg/get_hostname string your_hostname > > It works for me. I'm going to pass on that one. I would like to use my preseed file for several machines, and they all get their host names via DHCP. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
Re: Preseed Bug or User Error?
On Tue 02 Mar 2021 at 10:45:54 -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 10:25:02 + > Brian wrote: > > > I wonder if this line is sufficient? Based on what works for me at > > priority critucal: > > > > d-i netcfg/wireless_show_essids select manual > > d-i netcfg/wireless_essid string Curleynet2 > > d-i netcfg/wireless_security_type select wpa > > d-i netcfg/wireless_wpa >redacted< > > Major improvement, thank you! I did have to answer some questions on > the way through, but did get a good connection. Good. As I tried to indicate, the priority at which d-i is run affects which questions are asked. Otherwise you get the default; what you call the "correct selection" later on. My preseed file starts with debconf debconf/priority string critical > For the record, here's my complete netcfg setup, other than commented > out lines: > > d-i netcfg/link_wait_timeout string 4 > d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain > # Disable that annoying WEP key dialog. > d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string > d-i netcfg/wireless_essid string Curleynet2 > d-i netcfg/wireless_security_type select wpa > d-i netcfg/wireless_wpa string >redacted< > > Network related prompts I had to answer: > > Primary network interface > > Wireless networks > > Auto-configure networking > > Please enter the hostname Try d-i netcfg/get_hostname string your_hostname It works for me. > In all multiple choice cases, the correct selection was already > highlighted; I did not have to select another option. > > I expect with a bit of playing around I can minimize those. I would expect so. -- Brian.
Re: Preseed Bug or User Error?
On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 10:25:02 + Brian wrote: > I wonder if this line is sufficient? Based on what works for me at > priority critucal: > > d-i netcfg/wireless_show_essids select manual > d-i netcfg/wireless_essid string Curleynet2 > d-i netcfg/wireless_security_type select wpa > d-i netcfg/wireless_wpa >redacted< Major improvement, thank you! I did have to answer some questions on the way through, but did get a good connection. For the record, here's my complete netcfg setup, other than commented out lines: d-i netcfg/link_wait_timeout string 4 d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain # Disable that annoying WEP key dialog. d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string d-i netcfg/wireless_essid string Curleynet2 d-i netcfg/wireless_security_type select wpa d-i netcfg/wireless_wpa string >redacted< Network related prompts I had to answer: Primary network interface Wireless networks Auto-configure networking Please enter the hostname In all multiple choice cases, the correct selection was already highlighted; I did not have to select another option. I expect with a bit of playing around I can minimize those. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
Re: Preseed Bug or User Error?
On Mon 01 Mar 2021 at 16:27:48 -0700, Charles Curley wrote:
[...]
> ### Description: Wireless network type for ${iface}:
> # Choose WEP/Open if the network is open or secured with WEP.
> # Choose WPA/WPA2 if the network is protected with WPA/WPA2 PSK
> # (Pre-Shared Key).
> # d-i netcfg/wireless_security_type select wpa
> d-i netcfg/wireless_security_type select WPA/WPA2 PSK
> # Possible choices: WEP/Open Network, WPA/WPA2 PSK
I wonder if this line is sufficient? Based on what works for me at
priority critucal:
d-i netcfg/wireless_show_essids select manual
d-i netcfg/wireless_essid string Curleynet2
d-i netcfg/wireless_security_type select wpa
d-i netcfg/wireless_wpa >redacted<
--
Brian.
