Gregory Nowak <g...@romuald.net.eu.org> wrote: > 1. Section b.4.3 states: > > "Use the following settings if you wish to make use of the network-console > # component for remote installation over SSH. This only makes sense if you > # intend to perform the remainder of the installation manually." > > Where can one find more info on this? > At what point can the user take manual control over the installation process > when using this method? > If a user doesn't have a monitor attached to the computer, how would one know > when it is possible to take manual control of the installation process?
I have added a hint, which points to https://d-i.debian.org/doc/installation-guide/en.amd64/ch06s03.html#network-console as source for additional info. > Depending on the answer to the question on where one can find more info, > answers to the 2 questions following that one may not be necessary. > > > 2. Section b.4.4 reads: > > "#d-i mirror/protocol string ftp > d-i mirror/country string manual > d-i mirror/http/hostname string http.us.debian.org > d-i mirror/http/directory string /debian" > > Even though the first line says mirror/protocol string ftp, some users may > find it confusing that all other values begin with mirror/http/... I think it > would be a good idea to state something like: > > "If you will use an ftp mirror, fill mirror/http/hostname, and > mirror/http/directory, with information for the ftp mirror you're going to > use." The first line setting protocol to ftp is commented out, so it's not actively used. It shows a possible custom setting. The used default value is http. And this fits perfectly to the following /http/ lines :-) I have added a clarification, to point out the default value. > 3. Section b.4.6 reads: > > "If the system has free space you can choose to only partition that space. > #d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select biggest_free" > > How will this space be partitioned, as one big partition, or several smaller > partitions? > If several smaller partitions, then how is the size and mount point of each > partition determined? > What file system will be used on partitions created in this way? > Will this free space also have a swap partition created, or not? > The phrase > > "Alternatively, you can specify a disk to partition." > > leads me to understand that the discussion about recipes below doesn't apply > to automatically partitioning the biggest free space, thus my confusion. I should be understandable from the introduction at https://d-i.debian.org/doc/installation-guide/en.amd64/apbs04.html#preseed-partman that 'd-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select biggest_free' or 'd-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda' or similar only point to space on one of your harddisks, which you want to use for the Debian installation. How it is used in detail, is defined further below, like: - which method (regular, lvm, crypto) - which recipe (atomic, home, multi - or own recipes) and further specs like filesystems or mountpoints. Closing this bug. Thanks for reporting - even if it needed 11 years to get this done :-( Holger -- Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
