On 11/6/2018 5:05 PM, john doe wrote: > On 11/6/2018 4:02 PM, Reco wrote: >> Hi. >> >> On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 03:04:25PM +0100, john doe wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm trying to install Debian Stretch using a preseeding file. >>> All of this is with Qemu and I'm not sure how to pass the path of the >>> preseed file: >>> >>> qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=debian.img,format=raw -cdrom >>> debian-9.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso -boot d -nographic -kernel vmlinuz >>> -append "console=ttyS0,115200n8 auto=true priority=critical >>> DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text preseed=preseed.cfg" -initrd initrd.gz >>> >>> The d-i can not find the preseed.cfg file, as anyone has any idea on how >>> I can install Debian with a preseed file using qemu? >> >> Since you do not specify "-net", that means "-net user". >> As [1] shows us, "-net user" comes with built-in TFTP server. >> >> So, you either replace your "-kernel", "-initrd" and "-append" with TFTP >> invocation, and install Debian as if it was installed from TFTP. >> Or rebuild d-i initrd to include your preseed.cfg. >> > > Thank you, I didn't think to install debian using PXE with qemu acting > as tftp server. >
Ok -- I have downloaded/extracted netboot.tar.gz and I use the following command: "qemu-system-x86_64" -drive file=debian.img,format=raw -m 8126 -accel hax -machine q35 -boot n -device e1000,netdev=n1 -netdev user,id=n1,tftp=$PWD,bootfile=/pxelinux.0 -nographic I get the error "could not read the boot disk". Any thoughts on what I'm missing? -- John Doe
