However (albeit strange after reading the docs) if I remove the priority 
boot-parameter completely I DO get the hostname/domainname question and THEN I 
get the question about where to find the preseed file. Looking promising so far.

> On 20 Jan 2022, at 20:56, Jonas Bygdén <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> After setting priority to ‘high’ instead of ‘critical’ I don’t even get the 
> question about where to find the preseed file...
> 
>> On 20 Jan 2022, at 19:46, john doe <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> On 1/20/2022 5:11 PM, Jonas Bygdén wrote:
>>> Ok, now it looks like this:
>>> 
>>> # 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 string unassigned-hostname
>>> d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain
>>> d-i netcfg/get_hostname seen false
>>> d-i netcfg/get_domain seen false
>>> 
>>> # 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 false
>>> d-i netcfg/get_domain seen false
>>> 
>>> But still - it goes directly to the partitioning after choosing keyboard 
>>> layout, without any hostname question.
>>> 
>> 
>> Maybey setting the 'priority' to 'high' instead of 'critical'.
>> 
>> --
>> John Doe
> 

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