On Sun, May 03, 2015 at 07:50:54AM +0300, Alexey Eromenko wrote:
I'd prefer not to introduce any new dependecies, for portability reasons.
cpio is available on any *NIX system.
Having the 'preseed.cfg' in the initrd means
there is no need to mount a device (like a floppy or second CDROM)
See
On Sat, May 02, 2015 at 01:09:34AM +0300, Alexey Eromenko wrote:
On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 11:28:32PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
I think you are looking for providing a preseed file,
hence my advice
https://www.google.nl/search?q=virtualbox+host+http+server+for+guests
You're correct in
On 05/01/2015 06:09 PM, Alexey Eromenko wrote:
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Debian 8 (mini-)kernel (inside amd64-DVD) does NOT see /dev/fd0 !
(part of debian-installer); This works just fine with Debian 6 and 7
! Post-install Debian 8 kernel _does_ see /dev/fd0, can loop-mount
and can read files from it. (after
I have created /dev/fd0 via.
# mknod /dev/fd0 b 2 0
# mkdir floppy
Results: mknod never reported any problem, But (!)
# mount /dev/fd0 floppy
Works in Debian 7 (d-i), and fails in Debain 8 (d-i) with message:
mount: mounting /dev/fd0 on floppy failed: No such device or address
--
-Alexey
On Sat, 2015-05-02 at 16:15 +0300, Alexey Eromenko wrote:
I have created /dev/fd0 via.
# mknod /dev/fd0 b 2 0
# mkdir floppy
Results: mknod never reported any problem, But (!)
# mount /dev/fd0 floppy
Works in Debian 7 (d-i), and fails in Debain 8 (d-i) with message:
mount: mounting
I ask to reverse decision about floppy-modules, because while
physical floppies aren't used in years, this functionality is very
much used for virtualization.
Like my vbox-unattened patch; Without floppy driver there will not be
an automated installer for Debian 8 VMs in VirtualBox.
--
-Alexey
I have extracted initrd from all 3 medias: Debian(6,7,8)-amd64-DVD,
alexey@deb6-xrig:~/debian6-auto/bootiso/install.amd/tmp2$ find . |
grep ko | grep floppy
./lib/modules/2.6.32-5-amd64/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.ko
alexey@deb6-xrig:~/debian7-auto/bootiso/install.amd/tmp2$ find . |
grep ko |
On Sat, 2015-05-02 at 16:50 +0300, Alexey Eromenko wrote:
I ask to reverse decision about floppy-modules, because while
physical floppies aren't used in years, this functionality is very
much used for virtualization.
Like my vbox-unattened patch; Without floppy driver there will not be
an
I'd prefer not to introduce any new dependecies, for portability reasons.
Would like to have floppy support back.
No idea about GNU cpio.
Is it compatible with BSD cpio ?
I can't easily introduce new dependency for portable code. (host-side
must be very portable code)
It will require investigation.
Besides, this command didn't work for me. (preseed.cfg wasn't added)
On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 1:36 AM, Ben
On Sun, 2015-05-03 at 03:50 +0300, Alexey Eromenko wrote:
No idea about GNU cpio.
Is it compatible with BSD cpio ?
I can't easily introduce new dependency for portable code. (host-side
must be very portable code)
It will require investigation.
Besides, this command didn't work for me.
You said
I think you are looking for providing a preseed file,
hence my advice
https://www.google.nl/search?q=virtualbox+host+http+server+for+guests;
1. You're correct in that I'm looking to provide preseed file. But
host-side HTTP server won't work for my needs, unless VirtualBox has
it
Package: debian-installer
Version: 20150422
Hi,
in older versions of Debian (6.x and 7.x), I could load preseed script
from floppy, and it would work.
I had to change isolinux / bootloader with preseed/file=/floppy/preseed.cfg:
label debian
kernel /install.$arch/vmlinuz
append
control tag -1 moreinfo
stop
I need this feature to enable unattended install of Debian 8 VM in
VirtualBox (vbox-unattended feature), where preseed script gets loaded
from virtual floppy.
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=10t=46798
| Unattended Guest OS Install - vbox-unattended
|
On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 10:55:36PM +0300, Alexey Eromenko wrote:
As a separate, but related question: is it possible to load preseed
script from 2nd CDROM ? (IDE Secondary Slave, or SATA 2nd CD...)
I tried preseed/file=/cdrom2/preseed.cfg, but it didn't work.
I think you are looking for
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