On Sat, Sep 03, 2016 at 08:40:12AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 9/3/2016 7:24 AM, Mario Gummies wrote: > >02.09.2016, 20:17, "Mario Gummies" <qemu-buro-point-d...@yandex.com>: > >>Hi, > >>I am planning a fancy debian installation session next week on a > >>real machine and I want to do it with the preseeding method called > >>"file". Therefore I downloaded and burned a cd-image from the > >>official server. Please note: This is not a case of a mastered cd, > >>I speak of. Given I found a preseed.cfg, which I put in a parallel > >>partition on the hd, ready to be loaded into the installation routine. > >>Reading the docs here is the point, where I loose track: > >> > >>This case, loading a preseed.cfg within an ordinary cd installation > >>from hard disk, seems not included within the examples given, does > >>not it? > >> > >>These are btw the terms I did web search for: > >>installing preseed from file cdrom debian-boot@lists.debian.org > >> > >>Any idea or discussion on how to perform it, any pointer? > >>Tia > > > >Hi once more, > >Ps: If it comes out that this feature for some reason or the other > >is not "covered", to say it is not implemented. The Howto does not > >mention it explicitly: So keeping silence should insinuate: Docs say > >it is not there. Right? > > I would, however, opt to care for its implementation instead. > >So: as well points for the question of 1) wish or 2)effort of the > >implementation of this feature are welcome. > > > > > > This question would be more appropriate on debian-user. > You don't mention what documentation you are using. > Appendix B. of the Installation Guide covers preseeding [chose > appropriate guide at > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual ]. > Also read the thread at > http://lists.debian.org/508445a7.40...@cloud85.net useful.
In that thread is https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/10/msg01130.html it says "passed on the kernel command line to the installer." A kernel boot parameter is the link between having a CD-ROM and preseed file. As a happy user of network installs do I lack CD-ROM install exprience ... Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven
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