Control: retitle -1 debian-installer: 'Auto install' does not delay questions when DHCP sends preseeding url Control: tag -1 - unreproducible Control: severity -1 wishlist
Hi Samuel, thanks for your quick reply! On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 01:52:17AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Andreas B. Mundt, le Mon 25 Aug 2014 23:19:03 +0200, a écrit : > > when experimenting with unattended installations using PXE-boot and > > preseeding d-i, I did not find the 'Automated install' (auto mode) > > working as described in [1]: > > > > The auto kernel parameter is an alias for auto-install/enable and > > setting it to true delays the locale and keyboard questions until > > after there has been a chance to preseed them ... > > > > When I choose 'Automated install' from the 'Advanced options' menu, > > the first questions show up nevertheless (before setting up the > > network) and I have to answer them or preseed them on the kernel > > boot line. Could it be that the delaying functionality got lost? > > No, it is still there, but only if you provide some preseeding URL on > the boot line or CD image etc. Otherwise it will prompt for the URL, and > I guess that while at it, there's no point in not configuring the > keyboard before that. > > At any rate, booting jessie b1 with the Automated install boot entry and > passing url=http://dept-info.labri.fr/~thibault/preseed-jessie.txt on > the kernel command line does install a Debian system without any prompt. You are right, it works indeed when providing a url, just tested it here. Before, I was using the method "B.2.5. Using a DHCP server to specify preconfiguration files" described in [1]. Is there a reason not to delay the questions with that method? Perhaps it could be mentioned in [1], but feel free to close this bug if you think it's inappropriate. Best regards, Andi [1] https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apbs02.html.en#preseed-dhcp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org