On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 03:57:40PM +0200, Tomasz Wolak wrote: > On 5/20/23 22:09, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Sat, 20 May 2023 18:45:13 +0200 Tomasz Wolak wrote: > > > > > Debian installer, despite the fact that it contains nbd kernel > > > modules, was lacking the nbd-client, an application that would allow > > > to actually set the remote-attached device up and available for > > > installation. And the nbd-client had to be dug _manually_ from a udeb > > > package (the one from regular Debian does not work as installer > > > environment does not have some libraries) and, of course, transferred > > > _manually_ through network to the installation system. > > > > Is this the sort of thing you could script and do right after the > > installation?
Yes, I think that is possible. > Not really, this problem is _during_ the installation. The nbd-client is > needed to configure the device to which the system will be installed. > > (It is not about some local VM installation, in which one could do anything > locally having a complete system available; it is about installation on bare > metal hardware via network, using the generic Debian (network) installer). Start with `anna install nbd-client` in "ALT-F2-console" during install. And check debian-installer manual for "preseed", "early_command". Contact debian-b...@lists.debian.org for constructive feedback. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse
