Problem with creation of user accounts

2017-07-27 Diskussionsfäden Giorgio Buffa
Hello list, I would like to automatize the simple task of creating user accounts. In the FAI examples, this is done with a script that executes the adduser/usermod commands. I was wondering whether it is possible to create user accounts by preseeding the debian-installer via a debconf file. It

R: Problem with Serial ATA RAID (aka "fake RAID" or "BIOS RAID")

2017-07-25 Diskussionsfäden Giorgio Buffa
Hi Thomas, thank you for your reply! > I would try to avoid RST, and just use software raid. > In your shell.log you have this line: > > ERROR: Found Software RAID, but the mdadm package was not installed > > You need the mdadm package installed, if you use software raid. > > Try again with

Problem with Serial ATA RAID (aka "fake RAID" or "BIOS RAID")

2017-07-25 Diskussionsfäden Giorgio Buffa
Hello list, I've tried a client standalone installation via a USB stick (created from the FAI ISO large image) using the "Simple" profile from the examples. During the installation some errors were reported (see files attached). The problem is the following: my system has 2 HDDs that I've put

Problem with offline installation using USB flash drive

2017-07-24 Diskussionsfäden Giorgio Buffa
Hello list, I would like to create a USB flash drive to be used for offline installation of my clients (i.e. no Internet/Intranet access, hence all files/packages required should be stored in and retrieved from the USB memory itself). I followed the instruction in the FAI guide [1], using

R: How to select specific version for Debian distribution and packages.

2017-07-13 Diskussionsfäden Giorgio Buffa
for Debian distribution and > packages. > > On Thu, 2017-07-13 at 15:26:50 +0200, Giorgio Buffa wrote: > > Hello list. > > I would like to install Debian Jessie on my PC. Is it possible to > > configure FAI in order to install the same version of kernel and > > packages as t

How to select specific version for Debian distribution and packages.

2017-07-13 Diskussionsfäden Giorgio Buffa
Hello list. I would like to install Debian Jessie on my PC. Is it possible to configure FAI in order to install the same version of kernel and packages as the ones provided in Debian 8.0.0 DVDs? In general: is it possible to configure FAI in order to select specific version of Debian distribution