2009/7/15 Samuel Thibault <[email protected]>
> MaTa, le Sat 11 Jul 2009 18:21:16 +0200, a écrit :
> > The PC have a RJ-45 connector? Can be that a "net plu"g is a serial
> console
> > too.
>
> It could not have. My question is about rs-232 console.
>
> > I have installed Debian in SunFire V120 (Sparc maquine with RJ-45
> connector
> > "serial console") through hyperterminal with the standard Debian
> installation
> > CD
> >
> > A possible alternate way can be a preseed installation (a preconfigured
> file)
>
> Ok, but how do you proceed? Don't you need to either pass options to
> the kernel or prepare a particular image with the preseed config file?
>
The preseed file it's "only" a text file with options that you can choose in
installer predefined in a file. To install a system using it needs to
"remaster" de CD with a little modification in boot options and include the
preseed file. It's no very complicated
A little/not exactly "quick guide" can be: (I'm not and expert, sorry if I'm
wrong and for my english):
1) Copy all contents of the media (CD/DVD) into a local directory:
mkdir /tmp_dir
mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
rsync -a /media/cdrom /tmp_dir
2) Modify a line in /tmp_dir/isolinux/txt.cfg file:
append vga=normal initrd=/install.386/initrd.gz -- quiet
to
append vga=normal initrd=/install.386/initrd.gz
preseed/file=/cdrom/preseed.cfg -- quiet
3) Copy preseed file to root tmp_dir folder
cp some_location/preseed.cfg /tmp_dir/preseed.cfg
4) Rebuild the iso file with:
cd /tmp_dir
mkisofs -r -V "Custom Debian Install CD" -cache-inodes -J -l -b
isolinux/isolinux.bin \
-c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
-o outputdir/modified_image.iso ./
(like the instruction /media/cdrom/.disk/mkisofs )
I recomend (I'm not an expert) to search too about "debconf-get-selections
--installer", "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text" and HOWTO remaster/rebuild a Debian
image. :P
http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/i386/apb.html.en
http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/example-preseed.txt
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed
etc...
>
> Samuel
>
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