Hi I have done some testing with preseeding with the latest d-i.
Netboot works fine. Usbsticks, trouble with getting the preseed file from the sticks and some other strange behaviours. 1. With the kernel commandline file=/hd-media/preseed2.cfg When getting the preseedfile I get this error "Failed to retrieve the preconfiguration file" file://floppy:///hd-media/preseed2.cfg I think the errormessage is a little bit stange, seems somehow that the floppy part doesnt belong... I have looked at the code and succesfully used preseed_fetch from a shell like preseed_fetch file:///hd-media/preseed2.cfg /foo (made /foo for testing) and that works fine. Anyhow I made numerous different setups and just cant get it to work, but possible I missed something or its a bug. 2. Also I found that when using the hd-media usb bootimage theres trouble with som usbsticks. For example First I zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sda (as from documentaion in the manual) the image is in the built "superfloppy" 256MB size format. Then I copied a debian.iso to the stick. It works fine with a 256MB and 1GB stick but with a corsair 2GB it wont work. The reason is that iso-scan errors out. When tracing backwards I found in iso-scan.postinst At the line DEVS="$(list-devices disk; list-devices partition)" the reason it misses the 2GB stick (which is at /sys/block/sda) is that udev thinks its a floppy. udevinfo -q env -p /block/sda gives ID_TYPE=floppy and udevinfo -q name -p /block/sda gives the name in devfs format, but its a disk (dont remember exactly). So it misses a disk because of the ID_TYPE, I added list-devices floppy in the line above and that makes it work. But maybe the udev (d-i) should detect it as a disk ? Shall I file a bug against some package ? 3. Once and a while the iso-scan doesnt work, but always when doing it again (from the menu) it succesfully finds the iso. (Different sticks), seems like some function is too quick maybe ? regards //Peter -- bitrunner 0708-460260 Andra Långgatan 28 41327 Göteborg Sweden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
