Hi Phil, Am 13.08.2018 um 16:08 schrieb Philip Hands: > Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> writes: > >> On Sun, 2018-08-12 at 13:11 +0000, Josua Mayer wrote: >>> Package: debian-installer >>> Severity: normal >>> >>> Dear Maintainer, >>> >>> I have been trying to fully automate installing debian on the SolidRun >>> Clearfog through a preseed file. >>> However I cannot seem to skip the first two questions: >>> [!!] Select a language --> English >>> [!!] Select your location --> United Kingdom >> [...] >> >> Depending on where the preseed file is, these questions may be asked >> before the installer is able to load it. >> >> You can put the answers to these two questions on the kernel command >> line. See >> <https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch05s03.html.en#preseed-args>. Didn't try this yet so idk if it helps. I find auto=true to be much more practical! > Alternatively, if you're providing the preseed via a url (and I think > for a least some of the other options for preseeding) you can specify > auto=true, which delays these questions until after the preseed file is > available, and thus makes your preseeding work -- this is the purpose of > the various "Automatic Install" options in the boot menus. They just add > "auto=true" to the default kernel command line. That piece is actually magic. Changing from plain auto to auto=true makes these first two questions go away as expected! Thank you very much for this pointer.
I couldn't find any mention of this on the wiki, and as I am only hacking on arm devices of course I never got to see the boot menus. > > Cheers, Phil. br Josua
