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On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 16:00:21 +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Tzafrir Cohen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Hi > > > > I want to build a custom installer CD that will contain some extra > > packages and will install them. The installer should ask the least > > possible questions. Specifically I would like to > > > > 1. avoid asking about the language, and > > 2. ask about country later in the installation , just before asking > > about the timezone. > > > > Is it possible to do (1) without changing existing file on the initrd > > (or adding a script that will change them at runtime)? > > http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?DebianInstallerPreseed > > 1) needs editing the syslinux.cfg I tried adding debconf/priority=critical languagechooser/language-name=English to the defaults in isolinux/isolinux.cfg . I still got the question. So I figured I'd try to edit /usr/bin/languagechooser in the initrd. Basically: check first if the language is defined before asking for a language. This works. Only now I get a question about a country, and I have no idea how to avoid it. Below is the patch with my exact modification. --- debian-installer/packages/languagechooser/languagechooser 2004-09-01 10:39:47.000000000 +0300 +++ rd_copy/usr/bin/languagechooser 2004-09-07 16:50:11.000000000 +0300 @@ -26,26 +26,31 @@ db_set debconf/language C fi -db_input critical "languagechooser/language-name" || [ $? -eq 30 ] -if db_go; then - db_get "languagechooser/language-name" - if test "$RET" ; then - LANGNAME="$RET" - . languagemap - db_set "$languagecode" "$LANGUAGELIST" - db_set "$localecode" "$LOCALE" - db_set "$fallbacklocalecode" "$FALLBACKLOCALE" - # For "remembering" which locale is set by languagechooser - db_set "$languagechooserlocalecode" "$LOCALE" - db_set "$countrycode" "$COUNTRY" - db_set "$consoledisplay" "$CONSOLE" +db_get "languagechooser/language-name" +if test "$RET" ; then + LANGNAME="$RET" +else + db_input critical "languagechooser/language-name" || [ $? -eq 30 ] + if db_go; then + db_get "languagechooser/language-name" + if test "$RET" ; then + LANGNAME="$RET" + fi else - # Error, not sure how to handle it - : + # Error, not sure how to handle it + : fi -else - # Error, not sure how to handle it - : +fi + +if test "$LANGNAME"; then + . languagemap + db_set "$languagecode" "$LANGUAGELIST" + db_set "$localecode" "$LOCALE" + db_set "$fallbacklocalecode" "$FALLBACKLOCALE" + # For "remembering" which locale is set by languagechooser + db_set "$languagechooserlocalecode" "$LOCALE" + db_set "$countrycode" "$COUNTRY" + db_set "$consoledisplay" "$CONSOLE" fi db_get "$languagecode" > > 2) is not possible How much do I have to change to make it possible? Where? -- Tzafrir -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
