Re: Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?
On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:36:11 + Brian wrote: > That still leaves the first problem. How do you fancy running > everything from a USB stick? Not really, but that might work. Thanks. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
Re: Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?
On Mon 13 Mar 2023 at 10:18:37 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 14:58:08 + > Brian wrote: > > > It is what d-i sees the partition as that is important and you > > do know in advance. That's problem 1. Problem 2 is that the hard > > disk partitions are probably ext4. At the opening stage of d-i > > I do not think ext4 drivers are available. > > Both partitions are FAT. That still leaves the first problem. How do you fancy running everything from a USB stick? -- Brian.
Re: Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?
Hello to every Debian user. I've just installed Debian 11 and I see that it is affected by the bug explained here : https://bugs.launchpad.net/oem-priority/+bug/1842320 I see that the bug has been fixed on Ubuntu. Do you confirm that,to fix it,I just need to install the package "grub-efi-amd64_2.06-2ubuntu14.1_amd64.deb" with the command "dpkg -i grub-efi-amd64_2.06-2ubuntu14.1_amd64.deb" on Debian 11 or I just need to do something else ? thanks. On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 5:19 PM Charles Curley < charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote: > On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 14:58:08 + > Brian wrote: > > > It is what d-i sees the partition as that is important and you > > do know in advance. That's problem 1. Problem 2 is that the hard > > disk partitions are probably ext4. At the opening stage of d-i > > I do not think ext4 drivers are available. > > Both partitions are FAT. > > -- > Does anybody read signatures any more? > > https://charlescurley.com > https://charlescurley.com/blog/ > > -- Mario.
Re: Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?
On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 14:58:08 + Brian wrote: > It is what d-i sees the partition as that is important and you > do know in advance. That's problem 1. Problem 2 is that the hard > disk partitions are probably ext4. At the opening stage of d-i > I do not think ext4 drivers are available. Both partitions are FAT. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
Re: Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?
On Mon 13 Mar 2023 at 08:01:51 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 08:19:26 +0100 > wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 04:08:28PM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > > > I can specify the path to the preseed file when booting Debian > > > Installer (d-i). Is there any way to tell it that the preseed file > > > is on device X, say /dev/sdb1? > > > > You mean: the file is as raw data on the device? Or whithin a file > > system there? > > I mean within a file system. > > I specify what I want by entering the following at the boot prompt: > > expert auto file=/media/preseed.cfg > > Which tells d-i I want to use a specific file within a specific > directory. So far so good. > > That directory is the root of /dev/sdb1. Unfortunately, d-i finds a > partition at /dev/sdaX, mounts that, and (rightly) reports no preseed > file. Oops. > > I'd like either > > a) to specify which partition the preseed file is on (/dev/sdb1 in this > case), or It is what d-i sees the partition as that is important and you do know in advance. That's problem 1. Problem 2 is that the hard disk partitions are probably ext4. At the opening stage of d-i I do not think ext4 drivers are available. The awkward techniwue appears to be indicated. > b) have d-i sample partitions until it finds a file of that name in the > root directory of a partition. I do not think thta would be easy to do. -- Brian.
Re: Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?
On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 08:19:26 +0100 wrote: > On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 04:08:28PM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > > I can specify the path to the preseed file when booting Debian > > Installer (d-i). Is there any way to tell it that the preseed file > > is on device X, say /dev/sdb1? > > You mean: the file is as raw data on the device? Or whithin a file > system there? I mean within a file system. I specify what I want by entering the following at the boot prompt: expert auto file=/media/preseed.cfg Which tells d-i I want to use a specific file within a specific directory. So far so good. That directory is the root of /dev/sdb1. Unfortunately, d-i finds a partition at /dev/sdaX, mounts that, and (rightly) reports no preseed file. Oops. I'd like either a) to specify which partition the preseed file is on (/dev/sdb1 in this case), or b) have d-i sample partitions until it finds a file of that name in the root directory of a partition. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/ pgp5IQUoVaaRN.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?
On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 04:08:28PM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > I can specify the path to the preseed file when booting Debian Installer > (d-i). Is there any way to tell it that the preseed file is on device > X, say /dev/sdb1? You mean: the file is as raw data on the device? Or whithin a file system there? > Does anybody read signatures any more? Yes, sometimes. Cheers -- t signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?
*forwards to debian-boot * On 3/13/23, john doe wrote: > On 3/12/23 23:08, Charles Curley wrote: >> I can specify the path to the preseed file when booting Debian Installer >> (d-i). Is there any way to tell it that the preseed file is on device >> X, say /dev/sdb1? >> >> > > This is not an answer to your question and this is more appropreate for > debian-boot. > > I'll always use the network if I can! :) > > -- > John Doe > >
Re: Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?
On 3/12/23 23:08, Charles Curley wrote: I can specify the path to the preseed file when booting Debian Installer (d-i). Is there any way to tell it that the preseed file is on device X, say /dev/sdb1? This is not an answer to your question and this is more appropreate for debian-boot. I'll always use the network if I can! :) -- John Doe
Debian Installer: Specifying the preseed file device?
I can specify the path to the preseed file when booting Debian Installer (d-i). Is there any way to tell it that the preseed file is on device X, say /dev/sdb1? Once d-i is booted and in the installation menu, I can activate a console, manually umount the incorrect partition, and manually mount the correct one. But that's a bit awkward. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
