On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 11:00 PM, <r...@aarden.us> wrote: > > I am trying to build a preseed file from my minimum initial install of > wheezy beta 1. > I have executed: > TARGET="/inventory" > debconf-get-selections --installer > $TARGET/list_packages_installer > debconf-get-selections > $TARGET/list_packages > > list_packages_installer is about 1200 lines. > lineslist_packages is 345 lines. > > Both have timezone and local information among other similarities. I > thought the _installer listing was to provide info on configuration and > the other was to provide info on installed packages. I did not see > anything about packages. It didn't seem that there was any logical > sequence of the lines; locale and timezone info was spread from the > beginning to the end. > > On the initial installation, there are 2 SSDs and 1 CDROM. Each 60G SSD > had 6 labeled partitions. They are all observable from the console. In > the two listings, there is only one line that address drive size: > > partman-partitioning partman-partitioning/new_partition_size string 6.0 > GB > I did not see anything that suggested which drive or partition this was. > > I used the preseed example file > (http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/example-preseed.txt which is > for squeeze) to help understand the content but it is still a challenge. > > While I have read that the debconf output should not be as a preseed, it > looks functional. It just doesn't seem to have everything. > > I have copied all of /etc as it may be useful to recovery my current > installation after trying the preseed but I haven't figured out how or > what the limitations are.
1) You're setting yourself for a problem if you use "debconf-get-selections --installer" to create a preseed file against the recommendations of the d-i developers and you shouldn't use "debconf-get-selections". 2) There's a wheezy example [a]. I haven't checked what differences there are, if any, between it and the squeeze one. a. http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/example-preseed.txt 3) You'll only have the packages installed by d-i listed in "debconf-get-selections --installer". "dpkg --get-selections" on the old box will list your current packages. 4) You won't have You can use "list-devices disk", "list-devices partition", shell commands, and "debconf-set" ";-separated" in "d-i partman/early_command string" to select a specific disk. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=SzN=u_gKNr=S0CQzDxLNfieUurFcgTUFRatMq=gd_l...@mail.gmail.com
