Re: How to get preseed to ASK me for hostname + strange partitioning behaviour

I’d argue that the hostname question actually IS one of the questions that you DO want, unless you set it using DHCP or preseed. The problem here (though not confirmed, but sounds logical) seems to be that netcfg is done when the question about the preseed url is asked, so no matter what is set

Re: How to get preseed to ASK me for hostname + strange partitioning behaviour

Holger Wansing writes: > Hi, > > Jonas Bygdén wrote (Sat, 29 Jan 2022 20:24:41 +0100): >> Yes, I understand that - having extensive experience with both Solaris >> Jumpstart and RHEL kickstart. >> What I found perplexing was that regardless of setting in the preseed I >> still HAVE to unset th

Re: How to get preseed to ASK me for hostname + strange partitioning behaviour

Hi, Jonas Bygdén wrote (Sat, 29 Jan 2022 20:24:41 +0100): > Yes, I understand that - having extensive experience with both Solaris > Jumpstart and RHEL kickstart. > What I found perplexing was that regardless of setting in the preseed I still > HAVE to unset the priority parameter to force the

Re: How to get preseed to ASK me for hostname + strange partitioning behaviour

> On 29 Jan 2022, at 20:14, Holger Wansing wrote: > > Hi, > > Jonas Bygdén mailto:jbyg...@gmail.com>> wrote (Thu, 20 > Jan 2022 22:40:12 +0100): >> However (albeit strange after reading the docs) if I remove the priority >> boot-parameter completely I DO get the hostname/domainname question

Re: How to get preseed to ASK me for hostname + strange partitioning behaviour

Hi, Jonas Bygdén wrote (Thu, 20 Jan 2022 22:40:12 +0100): > However (albeit strange after reading the docs) if I remove the priority > boot-parameter completely I DO get the hostname/domainname question and THEN > I get the question about where to find the preseed file. Looking promising so >

Re: How to get preseed to ASK me for hostname + strange partitioning behaviour

I'm now considering this (the hostname part) as solved! My problem seems to have been a combination of some of the info in this post at StackExchange: If using an URL to the preseed file, and waiting until ask

Re: How to get preseed to ASK me for hostname + strange partitioning behaviour

However (albeit strange after reading the docs) if I remove the priority boot-parameter completely I DO get the hostname/domainname question and THEN I get the question about where to find the preseed file. Looking promising so far. > On 20 Jan 2022, at 20:56, Jonas Bygdén wrote: > > After set

Re: How to get preseed to ASK me for hostname + strange partitioning behaviour

After setting priority to ‘high’ instead of ‘critical’ I don’t even get the question about where to find the preseed file... > On 20 Jan 2022, at 19:46, john doe wrote: > > On 1/20/2022 5:11 PM, Jonas Bygdén wrote: >> Ok, now it looks like this: >> >> # Any hostname and domain names assigned f

Re: How to get preseed to ASK me for hostname + strange partitioning behaviour

On 1/20/2022 5:11 PM, Jonas Bygdén wrote: Ok, now it looks like this: # Any hostname and domain names assigned from dhcp take precedence over # values set here. However, setting the values still prevents the questions # from being shown, even if values come from dhcp. d-i netcfg/get_hostname str

Re: Re: How to get preseed to ASK me for hostname + strange partitioning behaviour

> d-i netcfg/get_hostname unassigned-hostname ^ as Daniel points out, you're missing 'string' in these (as I then copied ... oops!)

Re: Re: How to get preseed to ASK me for hostname + strange partitioning behaviour

Jonas Bygdén writes: >> Am Donnerstag, dem 20.01.2022 um 13:16 +0100 schrieb Jonas Bygdén: >> > I'm trying to get an automatic install of 11.2 working using a preseed >> > file: >> > (https://gist.github.com/jby/7c3010e7157286166acee617ef47da30 >> >

Re: How to get preseed to ASK me for hostname + strange partitioning behaviour

Ok, now it looks like this: # Any hostname and domain names assigned from dhcp take precedence over # values set here. However, setting the values still prevents the questions # from being shown, even if values come from dhcp. d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname d-i netcfg/get_domai

Re: How to get preseed to ASK me for hostname + strange partitioning behaviour

Am Donnerstag, dem 20.01.2022 um 16:41 +0100 schrieb Jonas Bygdén: [..] > > Do you mean at the end of the file, or is it enough to have it at the end of > the section? I usually put the "seen false" statements at the end of the file. But it shouldn't be any problem to put them at the end of the

Re: Re: How to get preseed to ASK me for hostname + strange partitioning behaviour

> Am Donnerstag, dem 20.01.2022 um 13:16 +0100 schrieb Jonas Bygdén: > > I'm trying to get an automatic install of 11.2 working using a preseed file: > > (https://gist.github.com/jby/7c3010e7157286166acee617ef47da30 > > ) > > hosted on

Re: How to get preseed to ASK me for hostname + strange partitioning behaviour

Am Donnerstag, dem 20.01.2022 um 13:16 +0100 schrieb Jonas Bygdén: > I'm trying to get an automatic install of 11.2 working using a preseed file: > (https://gist.github.com/jby/7c3010e7157286166acee617ef47da30) > hosted on a server running nginx. > According to the nginx logs the file is read. > Wh

How to get preseed to ASK me for hostname + strange partitioning behaviour

I'm trying to get an automatic install of 11.2 working using a preseed file: (https://gist.github.com/jby/7c3010e7157286166acee617ef47da30) hosted on a server running nginx. According to the nginx logs the file is read. What I'd like to accomplish is to have the install be as fully automated as