The final clue I have had: http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch04s07.html
Can this be true for partial answer sets or must it be complete; that is to say the installation is either entirely automatic, or entirely manual? Sam "Samuel Liddicott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Once the libc-udeb has been installed, tinyshell will run and stay loaded. > So I dumped the libc-2.3.2.so into the init ramdisk along with tshd, the > tinyshell demon > > These are the essential stages before tinyshell can run and the installation > be finished by hand remotely: > > *) Select language (e.g. en_GB) > *) Select keyboard (e.g. British English) > 1) hardware detected and modules loaded > 2) network brought up > *) select hostname > *) select mirror country > *) select mirror site > *) set http proxy > *) select debian version (stable, testing etc) > 3) udebs are fetched including libc-udeb > > I'm still trying to work out what it is in the udebs that tinyshell needs, > but who knows what I should be doing to get 1,2,3 done as soon as possible? > Is it safe to include udebs in the root disk or is that going to clash when > the udebs are fetched? > > Sam > > > "Samuel Liddicott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I've spend the last 2 days trying to manage a remote network installation > of > > debian bf24 > > > > Thankfully Ben Armstrong put me on to this installer. > > > > I'm hoping to get the installer to proceed to bring the network up without > > any interaction: > > > > I presume kernel boot strings of the form: > > debian-installer/framebuffer=false > > > > can cause the installer to skip straigh to bring the network up. > > > > Then perhaps something like tinyshell: > > http://www.cr0.net:8040/code/network/ > > > > could be running to allow remote login from which the rest of the debian > > installer could be run. > > > > Am I mad? Is this mostly already done? Or what work do I need to do? > > > > Sam > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
