Hi Bert, Am Mittwoch, den 20.07.2011, 13:03 +0100 schrieb Bert Kaempfert: > > > our machines are configured to be in rather small subnets. The internet > >gateway > > > > > usually is not in the same subnet. The installer doesn't allow this. > > > > > > Our current approach is to leave the gateway blank, then switch to the > >console > > > > > and manually "route add", first a hostroute to the gateway, then the
[…] > I am not to reason why... my job is to install new machines for this setup. > Not > that many, but enough that I started looking into that whole preseed thing. > > As the installer doesn't support hostroutes, I guess I'll have to run a > command > to set the routes. The late_command is just the right thing to modify the > interfaces file on the target; however, in order to set the hostroute > *during* > installation I need to run a command immediately after netcfg -- how do I do > that? I think you have to create your own udeb with the mentioned ip-command and run it just after netcfg. Have a look at this to find the right menu item number: http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/doc/internals/apa.html further readings: http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/doc/internals/ch03.html http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller I would use simple-cdd for creating a custom installation CD. HTH and best regards Thorsten Strusch -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

