On Thu 07 Mar 2013 at 16:45:08 -0600, keshav prabhakar wrote: > I am trying to understand an issue i'm having with preseed'ing over > the network. wondering if anyone has experienced this in the past > and/or have a solution to it. > > My pxeboot server (running on centos 6.3) runs dhcpd and tftp from > where I'm trying to boot and install debian 6.0.7. I’m able to get > past the questions on locale, keyboard etc. by using the kernel boot > parameters on 'append' line in my pxelinux file. At the end of the > list on ‘append’ line, I also have a > ‘preseed/url=http://mywebserver/path/to/preseed.cfg’ to get my > preseed.cfg from an internal web server.The issue I’m having is, after > the installer correctly sets the locale, keyboard etc as specified on > the 'append' line, it just appears to ignore my ‘preseed/url’ > parameter and moves on to display the main menu to choose a mirror > site (‘ftp.us.debian.org’, etc.).
This would imply preseeding might have set up networking. Has it? In a console (ALT-F2) do wget www.debian.org and post the response. -- 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/20130308082324.GF32477@desktop
