the ansible bit comes in handy when you have 2 machines that share some config setting, like the port number a client and server will use. or ssh keys so you can ssh from one to the other. If you are not managing something like that, hard to say if it is worth the trouble.
That script makes an installer on rw media. it mounts it, adds the .iso file and adds some parameters to the installer's kernel append line. I ran it, and I picked out the few you care about: + wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/main/installer-amd64/current/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz + wget https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-9.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso + zcat boot.img.gz | sudo dcfldd of=/dev/sdc + pmount /dev/sdc sdc + cp debian-9.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso cache/stretch/debian-9.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso.SHA256SUM /media/sdc sed command that makes "this" (ansible stuff removed) APPEND --- debconf/priority=high auto=true netcfg/dhcp_timeout=60 fb=false url=twist:8007 partman-auto/disk=/dev/sda grub-installer/bootdev=/dev/sda hostname=testme domain= hw-detect/load_firmware=false url=twist:8007 - twist is my laptop, 8007 is the port im running a simple http server on to host the preseed files and all the other files needed later. it is easy to move the preseed file to the usb stick, but putting all the files there gets tedious so no one has bothered to do it. On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 12:45 PM, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/26/2017 10:48 AM, Carl Karsten wrote: > >> How is what you want different from booting the DVD? >> > > Essentially that I want my "thingy" to be on an intrinsically read/write > medium. There are references to "customizing an install CD/DVD" on the web. > I have found them to have too narrow a definition of "custom" and/or being > incomplete. > > >> or differint from debootstrap: >> https://packages.debian.org/stretch/debootstrap >> > > I looked at debootstrap back when Squeeze was "stable" and I was brand new > to Linux. Maybe I've learned enough to understand the instructions for > using debootstrap. > > > https://www.debian.org/releases/potato/i386/ch-init-config.en.html >> "dbootstrap is the name of the program which is run after you have booted >> into the installation system. It is responsible for initial system >> configuration and the installation of the ``base system''. " >> >> Here is something close. >> It contains just what is needed to install a minimal system, (what it >> sounds like you want) >> and then it's >> the late_command does stuff you might want too: >> apt install git ansible >> git clone playbook >> ansible ... which installs and configures the apps needed to make videos. >> >> This script creates a bootable usb stick based on a 58M >> hd-media/boot.img.gz >> https://github.com/CarlFK/video-stack-deploy/blob/nbpy/scrip >> ts/mk_usb_installer.sh >> Most of the script is managing the ansible parameters. >> > > I'll have to spend some time with ansible to see what its goals and how > the mesh with my mental image of my goals and the path to accomplish them. > > >> The installer will search for an iso and use it as a local repo, >> the script puts this on the same usb stick: >> 290M Dec 9 07:04 debian-9.3.0-amd64-netinst >> > > Thank you. > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Carl K _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
