You might be looking for debian preseed capability? https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apb.html
I pxeboot my servers, and feed them a preseed file to auto install the basic operating system to get to a minimal stable system. I then use SaltStack to automatically install applications and associated configurations. From: Mark Bettles [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017 20:25 To: [email protected] Subject: Beginner guidance sought - creating my own boot environment based on the Debian installer Hello, I am looking to create a rescue system, there is active discussion on the topic here, https://forum.manjaro.org/t/linux-vs-windows-my-experiences-and-a-possible-idea/36377 I wish to go from boot, to the the start of the installer, where can I obtain documentation on this process? -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by <http://www.mailscanner.info/> MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

