On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 10:32 PM Geert Stappers <stapp...@stappers.nl> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 03:55:30PM +0800, Glen Huang wrote: >> On Feb 18, 2022, at 4:48 AM, Geert Stappers wrote: >>>> On Feb 16, 2022, at 5:50 PM, Geert Stappers wrote: >>>>> >>>>> The initrd of d-i can indeed be extended / appended. >>>>> And in the "appendix" goes the desired extras. Then >>>>> >>>>> d-i preseed/early_commands /myextras/early_script >>>> >>>> If I’m not wrong, this requires repackaging the installer media? >>> >>> Nope, append is append, not repackaging. >> >> The ideas sounds very interesting, but due to my limited knowledge >> with regard to initrd, I have no idea what it means to “append” >> to it. Googling “debian initrd append” or "initrd append” or >> "initrd appendix” revealed nothing useful AFAICS. I wonder if you >> could point me to some documents/manuals where I’d have a better >> chance understanding it? > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/NetbootFirmware#The_Solution:_Add_Firmware_to_Initramfs
Thanks, now I get what appending means. How do I make the installer media, say netinst ISO, to load the new initrd file (which isn’t covered in the wiki if I’m not wrong)? I thought it required rebuilding the ISO? Regards, Glen
