Bug#759290: debian-installer: 'Automated install' does not delay the locale and keyboard questions
Control: retitle -1 debian-installer: 'Auto install' does not delay questions when DHCP sends preseeding url Control: tag -1 - unreproducible Control: severity -1 wishlist Hi Samuel, thanks for your quick reply! On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 01:52:17AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: Andreas B. Mundt, le Mon 25 Aug 2014 23:19:03 +0200, a écrit : when experimenting with unattended installations using PXE-boot and preseeding d-i, I did not find the 'Automated install' (auto mode) working as described in [1]: The auto kernel parameter is an alias for auto-install/enable and setting it to true delays the locale and keyboard questions until after there has been a chance to preseed them ... When I choose 'Automated install' from the 'Advanced options' menu, the first questions show up nevertheless (before setting up the network) and I have to answer them or preseed them on the kernel boot line. Could it be that the delaying functionality got lost? No, it is still there, but only if you provide some preseeding URL on the boot line or CD image etc. Otherwise it will prompt for the URL, and I guess that while at it, there's no point in not configuring the keyboard before that. At any rate, booting jessie b1 with the Automated install boot entry and passing url=http://dept-info.labri.fr/~thibault/preseed-jessie.txt on the kernel command line does install a Debian system without any prompt. You are right, it works indeed when providing a url, just tested it here. Before, I was using the method B.2.5. Using a DHCP server to specify preconfiguration files described in [1]. Is there a reason not to delay the questions with that method? Perhaps it could be mentioned in [1], but feel free to close this bug if you think it's inappropriate. Best regards, Andi [1] https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apbs02.html.en#preseed-dhcp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#759290: debian-installer: 'Automated install' does not delay the locale and keyboard questions
Andreas B. Mundt, le Tue 26 Aug 2014 08:16:01 +0200, a écrit : Before, I was using the method B.2.5. Using a DHCP server to specify preconfiguration files described in [1]. Is there a reason not to delay the questions with that method? Probably not, and then it's a bug indeed. Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#759290: debian-installer: 'Automated install' does not delay the locale and keyboard questions
Control: tags -1 + pending Hello, Andreas B. Mundt, le Tue 26 Aug 2014 08:16:01 +0200, a écrit : Before, I was using the method B.2.5. Using a DHCP server to specify preconfiguration files described in [1]. Is there a reason not to delay the questions with that method? This apparently takes back March 2010: locale kbd selection was disabled only on explicit URL on boot parameters. I've made it always done whenever auto is enabled, as I don't see why we shouldn't do it. Fixing fully-automated-from-dhcp seems more important to me than the inconvenience of a qwerty layout for typing the URL if really none is available. Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#759290: debian-installer: 'Automated install' does not delay the locale and keyboard questions
Package: debian-installer Severity: minor Tags: d-i Hello, when experimenting with unattended installations using PXE-boot and preseeding d-i, I did not find the 'Automated install' (auto mode) working as described in [1]: The auto kernel parameter is an alias for auto-install/enable and setting it to true delays the locale and keyboard questions until after there has been a chance to preseed them ... When I choose 'Automated install' from the 'Advanced options' menu, the first questions show up nevertheless (before setting up the network) and I have to answer them or preseed them on the kernel boot line. Could it be that the delaying functionality got lost? Best regards, Andi [1] https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apbs02.html.en#preseed-auto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#759290: debian-installer: 'Automated install' does not delay the locale and keyboard questions
Control: tags -1 unreproducible Andreas B. Mundt, le Mon 25 Aug 2014 23:19:03 +0200, a écrit : when experimenting with unattended installations using PXE-boot and preseeding d-i, I did not find the 'Automated install' (auto mode) working as described in [1]: The auto kernel parameter is an alias for auto-install/enable and setting it to true delays the locale and keyboard questions until after there has been a chance to preseed them ... When I choose 'Automated install' from the 'Advanced options' menu, the first questions show up nevertheless (before setting up the network) and I have to answer them or preseed them on the kernel boot line. Could it be that the delaying functionality got lost? No, it is still there, but only if you provide some preseeding URL on the boot line or CD image etc. Otherwise it will prompt for the URL, and I guess that while at it, there's no point in not configuring the keyboard before that. At any rate, booting jessie b1 with the Automated install boot entry and passing url=http://dept-info.labri.fr/~thibault/preseed-jessie.txt on the kernel command line does install a Debian system without any prompt. Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
