OMG, thanks again for the fast and comprehensive answer. On Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:33:56 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
>> Is it doing installation from the CD or from the Internet? I mean, do I >> have to user a certain CD, eg Debian installation CD, or it has nothing >> with the CD media so I can put the proper boot up instruction in my >> general-purpose, multi-boot USB key? > > It depends upon the installation media. There are CD/DVD images that > install from hard media. There are netinst images that boot from media > and then install packages from the network. The netinst images are the > most useful and are highly recommended. But you can also use small CD > images that are completely self-contained to install a small system > image. This automated preseeded installation is a strange beast to me looking on paper and from other people's blogs, but having tried it, I just realized it is the same old Debian netinst, just the answers are pre-filled in the preseed file. Thus, to put it into my general-purpose, multi-boot USB key, I just need to extract the vmlinuz and initrd.gz from the netinst ISO, and put a proper menu entry in my grub boot menu. > I use preseeding to hook in a final finishing up installation script. > > d-i preseed/late_command string wget -O/target/var/tmp/bootstrap http://localwww/bootstrap/bootstrap; in-target sh /var/tmp/bootstrap > > That runs a script and allows me to do additional configuration in > that script. In that script I install additional packages such as > openssh-server and set up host keys and other things. I install openssh-server with d-i pkgsel/include: # Individual additional packages to install d-i pkgsel/include string localepurge openssh-server build-essential rsync less but I guess to set up host keys and other things, better do them all together in the late_command hook. BTW, I highly recommend to install localepurge in pkgsel/include. It use to be the most annoying package for me during installation, because I have to answer so many questions. Now I have it all taken care of: ####################### # Packages Preseeding ####################### # Depending on what software you choose to install, or if things go wrong # during the installation process, it's possible that other questions may # be asked. You can preseed those too, of course. To get a list of every # possible question that could be asked during an install, do an # installation, and then run these commands: # debconf-get-selections --installer > file # debconf-get-selections >> file ### Pkg:localepurge localepurge localepurge/nopurge multiselect en_US # Really remove all locales? localepurge localepurge/none_selected boolean false # Also delete localized man pages? localepurge localepurge/mandelete boolean true # localepurge will not take any action localepurge localepurge/remove_no note # Inform about new locales? localepurge localepurge/dontbothernew boolean false # Display freed disk space? localepurge localepurge/showfreedspace boolean true # Display verbose output? localepurge localepurge/verbose boolean false # Accurate disk space calculation? localepurge localepurge/quickndirtycalc boolean true Thanks again for your kind help, Really appreciate it. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
