> Am Donnerstag, dem 20.01.2022 um 13:16 +0100 schrieb Jonas Bygdén: > > I'm trying to get an automatic install of 11.2 working using a preseed file: > > (https://gist.github.com/jby/7c3010e7157286166acee617ef47da30 > > <https://gist.github.com/jby/7c3010e7157286166acee617ef47da30>) > > hosted on a server running nginx. > > According to the nginx logs the file is read. > > What I'd like to accomplish is to have the install be as fully automated as > > possible, but I *want* the question about what hostname to give the client. > > I was told that setting these settings would make it ask me for the > > hostname: > > d-i netcfg/get_hostname seen false > > d-i netcfg/get_domain seen false > > and/or maybe this: > > d-i netcfg/hostname seen false > > Works for me. I have a profile for simple-cdd which does exactly that. > > > However, no matter how I do it it always sets the hostname to the default > > 'debian'. > > > > How do I get it to ask me for the hostname? Are the order of the commands in > > the preseed file significant? > > Yes. the "seen false" must come after any pre-seeting of the value. Maybe > you'll have to move the > > d-i netcfg/get_domain seen false > d-i netcfg/get_hostname seen false > > also after preseeding netcfg/hostname? I make sure that the "seen false" > entries always come after everything else. Do you mean at the end of the file, or is it enough to have it at the end of the section?
I now have this in my preseed file, at the place where it’s in the example file, since I’ve based my config on that: # Any hostname and domain names assigned from dhcp take precedence over # values set here. However, setting the values still prevents the questions # from being shown, even if values come from dhcp. #d-i netcfg/get_hostname seen false #d-i netcfg/get_domain seen false #d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname #d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain d-i netcfg/get_hostname unassigned-hostname d-i netcfg/get_domain unassigned-domain d-i netcfg/get_hostname seen true d-i netcfg/get_domain seen true # If you want to force a hostname, regardless of what either the DHCP # server returns or what the reverse DNS entry for the IP is, uncomment # and adjust the following line. #d-i netcfg/hostname string somehost #d-i netcfg/hostname seen false # Disable that annoying WEP key dialog. #d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string # The wacky dhcp hostname that some ISPs use as a password of sorts. d-i netcfg/dhcp_hostname string debian d-i netcfg/get_hostname seen true d-i netcfg/get_domain seen true But I still only get it set to ‘debian’ without question. > > [..] > > Another thing: > > > > When I use the above linked preseed file on a (VMWare-) VM it correctly > > picks > > up the partitioning set in the preseed file, > > 'd-i partman-auto/method string crypto' in my case. > > However, when using it on physical hardware (Dell laptops) it seems to > > ignore > > that and give me the dialog asking how to do it. > > > > Can someone please help me figure this out? > > The detection mmechanism to detect the installation drive is not perfect. It > is > possible that it fails to detect the correct drive and doesn't know how to > handle it. I use scripts to make an educated guess and set partman-auto/disk > via partman/early_command. > > You should check /var/log/installer/syslog and console 4 (when the above > happens) to see what happened. > > Regards, Daniel > -- > Regards, > Daniel Leidert <[email protected]> | https://www.wgdd.de/ > <https://www.wgdd.de/> > GPG-Key RSA4096 / BEED4DED5544A4C03E283DC74BCD0567C296D05D > GPG-Key ED25519 / BD3C132D8B3805D1808123AB7ACE00941E338C78 > > https://www.fiverr.com/dleidert <https://www.fiverr.com/dleidert> > https://www.patreon.com/join/dleidert <https://www.patreon.com/join/dleidert>
