Re: Editing grub/EFI config on (net) installer ISO for serial install

2024-07-29 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Andy Smith wrote: > Is there some advantage in me editing one of the files in the EFI > partition as opposed to just putting the grub serial directives in > /boot/grub/grub.cfg of the ISO? None that i know of. Editing /efi/debian/grub.cfg of the EFI partition filesystem would just happen

Re: Editing grub/EFI config on (net) installer ISO for serial install

2024-07-29 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 12:42:05PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Andy Smith wrote: > > Should I just edit that into $iso_root/boot/grub/grub.cfg and repack > > the ISO? > > If altering the EFI partition is not viable, then surely: Yes. Is there some advantage in me editing one of the files

Re: Editing grub/EFI config on (net) installer ISO for serial install

2024-07-29 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Andy Smith wrote: > Currently when I add the Debian 12 netinst ISO as a virtual media it > EFI boots grub, not isolinux, That's because Debian ISOs advertise a EFI System Partition with GRUB initial boot equipment: $ xorriso -indev debian-12.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso \

Editing grub/EFI config on (net) installer ISO for serial install

2024-07-29 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, I am used to installing Debian by PXE boot and serial console. For that purpose I'm familiar with editing the isolinux config files to have the kernel serial settings (console=ttyS… etc) in isolinux/txt.cfg. Now for the first time I am trying to install a system that has a management