Unless I'm missing something, the file is to be checksummed before the
content is available to d-i, the lines would simply be there to
document what the installer can do.
I would assume that it would work as kernel boot parameter.
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and iso file.
To boot Debian using PXE you will need a netboot image.
If you want 'preseeding' in your iso file, see (1).
1) https://wiki.debian.org/Simple-CDD/Howto
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wait time to something like 60sec might not be a bad idea
to avoid this being a distraction to the vast majority of users.
Even better would be to aline with what other OSes are doing (docs welcome).
For what it is worth, I could not find documentation backing up a wait
time in other OSes.
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d-i netcfg/get_domain seen false
But still - it goes directly to the partitioning after choosing keyboard
layout, without any hostname question.
Maybey setting the 'priority' to 'high' instead of 'critical'.
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On 1/3/2022 9:59 AM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
John Doe,
Someone told me of a method of saving log files from the installer before
it writes to the hard drive it's going to install to.
The error occurs prior to writing to any partition.
If these errors are kept in system RAM until
On 1/3/2022 9:06 AM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
On Mon, Jan 3, 2022, 02:09 john doe wrote:
On 1/3/2022 12:18 AM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
On Sun, Jan 2, 2022 at 8:25 AM john doe wrote:
On 1/2/2022 1:56 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
On Sun, Jan 2, 2022, 03:59 Holger Wansing
wrote:
Hi,
Am
On 1/3/2022 12:18 AM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
On Sun, Jan 2, 2022 at 8:25 AM john doe wrote:
On 1/2/2022 1:56 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
On Sun, Jan 2, 2022, 03:59 Holger Wansing wrote:
Hi,
Am 2. Januar 2022 02:40:16 MEZ schrieb "David J. Ring, Jr." <
n...@arrl.net
:
l
d remember that this is a work
in progress!
Feedback from the comunity will eventually make this workable for all of us.
1)
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/daily-builds/sid_d-i/current/
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!
P.S.
By 'we' I mean the comunity.
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On 12/29/2021 4:35 PM, Holger Wansing wrote:
Hi,
Am 26. Dezember 2021 19:18:26 MEZ schrieb john doe :
On 12/26/2021 5:44 PM, Holger Wansing wrote:
Am 26. Dezember 2021 17:30:03 MEZ schrieb john doe :
Can someone confirm when 'preseed/run' is executed?
In other words, what is the best way
On 12/26/2021 5:44 PM, Holger Wansing wrote:
Am 26. Dezember 2021 17:30:03 MEZ schrieb john doe :
Debians,
From a preseed file I need to download and execute as the last command
a script.
I'm playing with 'd-i preseed/run string foo.sh' the script execute
successfully but does not look
' is executed?
In other words, what is the best way to download and execute a script at
the end of the install process.
Any help is appreciated.
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on it. The ability to support everything from a
serial terminal up to a graphical installer on the same media is
lovely.
I concur.
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Please send through the list, so other can react to your answer/feedback.
On 4/7/2021 11:32 AM, Philip Hands wrote:
john doe writes:
This move should be documented somewhere and maybe emit a warning to
that effect before starting the installer:
"Incase of failure during the install
start
from scratch."
Could d-i verify that the installation was successfull and tell it to
the user?
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directories relative to the boot partition.
You will also need to take the dependencies into consideration.
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specific anyway and for me is already
generated by my provisioning system).
So perhaps it would be useful to have a like netcfg/hostname_priority
flag where one can choose a priority order?
+1
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nical
might not hurt.
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step, you need to "Switch to another console".
See (1) on how to do that.
1) https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/ch06s01.en.html
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huyse', does it help if you use the kernel boot
parameter 'interface' (1) to specify the desired interface?
1) https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/amd64/ch05s03.html.en
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in the boot menu. For more information about the
+graphical installer, please refer to .
Is it for consistency that 'character' is used instead of 'text'?
To me, 'text' is more descriptive than 'character'.
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try05) is not defined in the guest.
What am I missing?
P.S.
I have already posted this to the debian-user list but to no avail.
So I'm hoping that someone will be able to help me out in hear.
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kind of
questions.
Note that this list is in English.
HTH.
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On 9/14/2020 6:45 PM, Andy Smith wrote:
Hello,
On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 08:08:39AM +0200, john doe wrote:
Not realy an answer to your question, you could rebuild the package to
your liking then fetch it from a local mirror.
Since my strace did show that it tries to also open
/tmp/mdadm.conf.d
mdadm respect a config file
of my choice, unless I have missed something.
Not realy an answer to your question, you could rebuild the package to
your liking then fetch it from a local mirror.
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# Optionally specify additional locales to be generated.
d-i localechooser/supported-locales multiselect en_US.UTF-8, ...
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gfxpayload=text' should be used instead.
How can I specify 'set gfxpayload=text' to the boot prompt above?
In other words, how can i emulate 'vga=none' when this argument is
deprecated when installing Debian.
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On 5/15/2020 6:31 PM, john doe wrote:
Debians-boot,
I'm trying to troubleshoot what I'm doing rong when trying to install
Debian through serial console.
If I start a Qemu VM like so:
qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom debian-bullseye-DI-alpha2-amd64-netinst.iso
-nographic -vga none -m 1024
facing this issue and
reproduced here for testing purposes with Qemu.
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his thread is that modifying grub at installation
time is not reflected at run time.
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On 5/12/2020 12:02 PM, Punit Agrawal wrote:
john doe writes:
On 5/12/2020 11:36 AM, Punit Agrawal wrote:
john doe writes:
[...]
This does not start the Debian installer. The issue reported is that the
grub shipping with DI does not output to serial console and hence can't
be used
On 5/12/2020 11:36 AM, Punit Agrawal wrote:
john doe writes:
On 5/12/2020 11:01 AM, Colin Watson wrote:
[...]
Unless I'm missing something, it does work for me with something like:
-nographic -cdrom *.iso -kernel kernel-path -append
"console=ttyS0,115200n8 ..."
This does
eed to be fixed in the
installer. Reassigning there.
Unless I'm missing something, it does work for me with something like:
-nographic -cdrom *.iso -kernel kernel-path -append
"console=ttyS0,115200n8 ..."
'-serial' might also be needed.
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rease the volume of 'espeakup' a bit but if the volume of the
detected sound card could be set to the max as default that would be awsome.
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he only thing that I can suggest you is to start from scratch with the
belo preseed file (1).
1) https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/example-preseed.txt
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file
> and a second instance trying to do the auto install by:
>>From the boot menu choose: "Advanced options" --> "Automated install"
> and than providing the preseed location.
>
> see me puzzled,
> any hint is welcome!
I have those lines in my preseed file to insure that no 'desktop' is
installed:
### Package selection
tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard
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On 3/18/2020 3:44 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Wed, 2020-03-18 at 11:27 +0100, john doe wrote:
>> Package: debian-installer
>> Version: debian-10.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso
>>
>> After installing debian-10.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso with encrypted LVM, the
>> crypttab f
ystemd/man/crypttab.html
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>
>> Maybe this should be reviewed and uploaded to go live in the next
>> alpha?
>
> Good call! I remembered Didier asked before pushing, I hadn't realized
> it hasn't been uploaded; done now, also including the 10th MR.
>
Sorry to jump in, but when using a preseed file, with
'tftp://hostname/...' 'buster' is used instead of 'bullseye'.
Has this been addressed?
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On 3/2/2020 5:35 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> john doe, le lun. 02 mars 2020 17:24:48 +0100, a ecrit:
>> On 3/2/2020 5:13 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
>>> john doe, le lun. 02 mars 2020 17:02:49 +0100, a ecrit:
>>>> Prompting the user with a question asking if accessib
On 3/2/2020 5:13 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> john doe, le lun. 02 mars 2020 17:02:49 +0100, a ecrit:
>> Prompting the user with a question asking if accessibility is desired
>> would go a lon way.
>
> But we don't necessarily want to ask the question on all Debian systems
&
Debian systems, so something
> needs to trigger the screen reader startup.
>
Prompting the user with a question asking if accessibility is desired
would go a lon way.
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On 2/18/2020 9:41 PM, john doe wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm installing Bullseye using
> debian-bullseye-DI-alpha1-amd64-netinst.iso with a preseed file.
> When no path is specified in the preseed file URL, it expands to
> '/./buster/preseed.cfg' ant not to '/./bullseye/preseed.c
Hi all,
I'm installing Bullseye using
debian-bullseye-DI-alpha1-amd64-netinst.iso with a preseed file.
When no path is specified in the preseed file URL, it expands to
'/./buster/preseed.cfg' ant not to '/./bullseye/preseed.cfg'.
Is this a bug or am I missing something?
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ot;
>>> "available devices in /dev with \"ls /dev\". You can return to this screen "
>>> "by pressing CLTR+ALT+F5 respective ALT+F1."
>>^^
>>>
>>>
>>> Comments?
>>
>> &qu
second terminal (CLTR+ALT+F2 in
> the "
> "graphical installer, ALT+F2 for the text-based variant) to check the "
> "available devices in /dev with \"ls /dev\". You can return to this screen "
> "by pressing CLTR+ALT+F5 respective ALT+F1."
>
"> by pressing CLTR+ALT+F5 respective ALT+F1."
At the very least the above line should be:
"by pressing CLTR+ALT+F5 and ALT+F1 respectively."
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gt;
Note that if you use a netinstall cd, the new version will be fetched
from the internet; what happens if you use 'dvd1' instead?
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n the hope they might recognize "-boot
>d" and read from CD-ROM
>
> Just want to check to see if I'm heading to a dead wall or not.
>
> Cheers.
>
According to (1), that should be possible.
HTH.
1)
https://gist.github.com/extremecoders-re/3ce9416fc8b293198cd13891b68c
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On 10/29/2019 6:12 PM, john doe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm installing Debian using preseeding, in my preseed file I have the
> following lines:
>
> d-i mirror/http/hostname string proxy:3142
> d-i apt-setup/security_host string proxy:3142
>
> I can install Debian from my apt
gt; no, where to install etc.
>
> It was just installed WITHOUT any questions...
>
> I NEVER met such IGNORANCE like the Debian 10 installer...
>
What is missing in the expert mode (1)?
1) https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s01.en.html
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On 11/2/2019 6:59 AM, Richard Hector wrote:
> On 2/11/19 6:56 PM, Richard Hector wrote:
>> On 2/11/19 4:04 AM, john doe wrote:
>>> On 11/1/2019 2:13 PM, Richard Hector wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I usually install using a netinst image,
tps://www.debian.org/CD/verify
>
The checksum files and signature files are here:
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/
Granted , it is not easy to find them! :)
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look at (1) but couldn't find where to correct the above warning.
1) https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/finish-install
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/upgrade the pkgs (line two
above)
What URL format do I need to use as string for apt-setup/security for
being able to update/upgrade/full-upgrade/... pkgs in combination with
apt-cacher-ng?
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lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2019/09/msg00152.html
4) https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/09/msg00817.html
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look at patching it up myself! :)
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On 10/6/2019 7:25 PM, john doe wrote:
> On 10/6/2019 5:10 PM, Robert Paschedag wrote:
>> I also tried to include my custom gpg key into the initrd That did not
>> work.
>>
>> The gpg key was there, but it was missing within the chroot within /target
>>
;debian-archive-keyring"
> package.
>
Did you try to modify the debian archive keyring pkg to include your gpg
key?
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the following URL might help you:
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/NetbootInstall
That is, include your gpg key in initrd.gz.
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>
> As suggested in the "Creating a preconfiguration file" section of the
> installation manual, the easiest way is to install by hand in these
> conditions and then use debconf-get-selections --installer
>
Have a look at (1).
1) https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed#Custom_preseed_files
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On 9/23/2019 1:26 PM, john doe wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> On 9/23/2019 12:41 PM, Michael Kesper wrote:
>> Hi John,
>>
>> On 23.09.19 10:27, john doe wrote:
>>> I'm currently using the netinst.iso file to install Debian as a guest VM
>>> using Qemu.
>&g
Hi Michael,
On 9/23/2019 12:41 PM, Michael Kesper wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> On 23.09.19 10:27, john doe wrote:
>> I'm currently using the netinst.iso file to install Debian as a guest VM
>> using Qemu.
>> This approach works fine if you want to install multiple VM on t
Hi Michael, thanks for your answer.
On 9/23/2019 8:57 AM, Michael Kesper wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> On 22.09.19 09:47, john doe wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to install Debian 10.1 using pxe and qemu.
>
> Is pxe booting a strong requirement for you?
> It's much
On 9/22/2019 4:22 PM, Geert Stappers wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 09:47:11AM +0200, john doe wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to install Debian 10.1 using pxe and qemu.
>> I've downloaded the netboot.tar.gz, extracted it and use the following
>> qemu command:
on Windows, any hint(s) on what's going rong is appriciated?
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On 8/27/2019 3:00 AM, Moonowl gaming wrote:
> I want to download the os but when I click the download link it won’t load
> the page
>
Which URL are you having issue with?
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On 7/20/2019 4:08 PM, Postel's law for the win wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 03:38:48PM +0200, john doe wrote:
>> Ping -- can anyone help me here?
>
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2019/07/msg00046.html says it is DHCP
> server.
>
Okay, I fail to underst
Ping -- can anyone help me here?
On 6/18/2019 3:48 PM, john doe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to comprehend in which conditions the hostname and domain can
> be specified as kernel boot parameter:
> As far as I understand it there are three ways to specify a hostname/domain:
a hostname as kernel
boot parameter.
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.
>
> Since this is just a revert of a recent change, this can be considered
> causing no harm.
>
>
> Any objections?
> kibi?
>
I'm probably missing something here, this change have never had the
green light to go ahead in the first place.
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h more
> self-documenting, informs everyone who doesn't already know what the
> default is, gives those who need accessibility or are setting things
> up for accessibility a heads up that the default might not be best,
> etc.
>
+1
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On 2/9/2019 3:16 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Could people raise the issues they have had when trying Wayland?
>
How do I go about testing wayland?
Should I tested on Mate or on Gnome?
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top environment should be the one propose by
Debian.
A warning should be displayed saying something like "the 'debian desktop
environment' is currently less accessible then Mate".
I'll go back to a point I already raised, that is, the Debian talking
installer shouldn't presume the Debian defaults and ask for any changes
that involve accessibility.
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On 2/8/2019 7:25 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> john doe, le ven. 08 févr. 2019 19:09:39 +0100, a ecrit:
>> On 2/8/2019 6:47 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
>>> Holger Levsen, le ven. 08 févr. 2019 17:42:42 +, a ecrit:
>>>> On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 06:07:17PM +0100, S
On 2/8/2019 6:45 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> john doe, le ven. 08 févr. 2019 18:39:39 +0100, a ecrit:
>> What about Orca?
>> The last time I checked Mate, it wasn't as usable as 'Debian desktop
>> environment' (Gnome).
>
> When was that time?
> A lot of th
t; (and it might also be too late), like -devel or -release.
>
> Well, I don't really have the time to coordinate such a discussion. Just
> providing the information.
>
What information are you refering to?
I'm also with 'Holger Levsen' on that one.
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ll kinds of places, and nobody is working on fixing them yet. Also,
> MATE+Compiz now provides very nice zoom support.
>
What about Orca?
The last time I checked Mate, it wasn't as usable as 'Debian desktop
environment' (Gnome).
P.S. Keeping 'task...@packages.debian.org' in the loop, not sure i
Resending this e-mail in the hope that someone will be able to implement
it in d-i or give some feedback.
On 9/17/2018 4:26 PM, john doe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I had posted on 'debian-accessibility' the below e-mail but didn't gain
> much traction there.
>
> The options "Insta
n question?
https://udhcp.busybox.net/README.udhcpc
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l time does not mean that
accessibility should be enabled/installed on the installed system.
If you have more questions do not hesitate to ask them! :)
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led image(s)?
Yes, people will need them.
I'm one of those people which needs from time to time "unofficial
firmware-enabled image", so thanks for keeping that available.
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ending with ': ok', you have successfully
checksummed the iso.
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On 1/26/2018 8:11 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
john doe, on ven. 26 janv. 2018 20:02:09 +0100, wrote:
On 1/26/2018 7:21 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
melissa M., on ven. 26 janv. 2018 19:12:32 +0100, wrote:
despite the different options, there is no change, the bug persists
Isn't vga=* deprecated?
should get you to a pure textmode, there's no way you can get the split
image you sent to the bug, or your graphic card is *seriously* broken if
it can't even properly display pure text.
Samuel
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and could maybe help on how to
implement the desired frontend.
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/NetworkConsole
https://wiki.debian.org/debconf
Note that the preseed file could be used to do all the step before
starting remote access.
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed
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end as text when
installing Debian using ssh.
P.S. You might be better of asking on debian-user! :)
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aller uses the gtk
frontend."
EG:
boot install DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text
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ess to see video modes available, to continue, or wait
30 sec"
Simply press the bar or wait 30 sec.
See '5.3.1. Boot console' on the following page:
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s03.html.en
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a on how to avoied that prompt while keeping
grub2 happy?
In other words: how can I use kernel boot parameter if they are
deprecated in grub2?
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