Hi just not running anything. Just discovering that a behavior of previous Debian installer is either broken or has been removed, and asking if others see the same behavior.
Will report a bug. J.G On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 4:07 PM, Stephan Beck <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi John, > > John Gathm: > > hello, > > > > As strange as it may sound, the "automated install" entry of the Debian > > installer CD seems to be broken on Jessie. > > When I select "automated install" in the boot menu I am not prompted > (after > > the usual network setup ) with the dialog to enter pressed file path/url. > > This happens in VirtualBox or on real hardware, either in BIOS or UEFI > mode. > > This works fine with wheezy installer. > > Anyone met the same issue ? > > Instead of guessing what might be the issue here: > Have you read section 3.2 of the jessie release notes (1)? > Have you read the Appendix B (especially B.1.1.)of the install doc > available for Jessie (2)? > Maybe you can find the solution to your specific problem there. > > Guesses: > you are running automated install with debconf priority critical and, as > a consequence, this question is being (deliberately) omitted. > you are already using preseed via initrd which is loaded directly at the > beginning of the install process and thus are waiting in vain for the > prompt to appear. > But I don't like guessing without more info so I refer you to the docs. > > Cheers > > Stephan > > > (1)https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/releasenotes > (2)https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/installmanual > >

