Preseeding questions - primarily configuration related

2012-12-28 Thread Richard Owlett
I am doing a series of experimental installs to a test machine for the purpose of deciding what will work best for my particular goals. Using preseed.cfg files allows me to keep a record of what did or didn't work. My work environment consists of: a laptop whose hard drive is intentionally w

Re: Preseeding questions - primarily configuration related

2012-12-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 28 dec 12, 10:18:28, Richard Owlett wrote: > > 1. In the apt setup phase I wish the option to scan all the DVDs as > in the manual install. How? Not sure this can work, since the scanning of all DVDs has to be interactive. > 2. How do I preseed system wide configuration values. My curren

Re: Preseeding questions - primarily configuration related

2012-12-28 Thread Richard Owlett
Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 28 dec 12, 10:18:28, Richard Owlett wrote: 1. In the apt setup phase I wish the option to scan all the DVDs as in the manual install. How? Not sure this can work, since the scanning of all DVDs has to be interactive. I was working by analogy. If preseed.cfg does

Re: Preseeding questions - primarily configuration related

2012-12-30 Thread Bob Proulx
Richard Owlett wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >>3. How to configure individual programs? In particular: > >> a. gedit - font size > >> b. nautilus > >> 1. Tree view in left panel > >> 2. List view in main panel > > > >I don't think you can directly preseed something that