No idea about GNU cpio. Is it compatible with BSD cpio ? I can't easily introduce new dependency for portable code. (host-side must be very portable code) It will require investigation.
Besides, this command didn't work for me. (preseed.cfg wasn't added) On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 1:36 AM, Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> wrote: > On Sat, 2015-05-02 at 16:50 +0300, Alexey Eromenko wrote: >> I ask to reverse decision about "floppy-modules", because while >> physical floppies aren't used in years, this functionality is very >> much used for virtualization. >> >> Like my vbox-unattened patch; Without floppy driver there will not be >> an automated installer for Debian 8 VMs in VirtualBox. > > You should be able to add the preseed file to the initrd like this: > > echo preseed.cfg | cpio -o -H newc | gzip >> initrd.gz > > Does that not work for you? > > Ben. > > -- > Ben Hutchings > Q. Which is the greater problem in the world today, ignorance or apathy? > A. I don't know and I couldn't care less. -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAOJ6w=fjt3dbqcpag6z5ssntu27d51hqo69aa+kuzal8fs5...@mail.gmail.com
