TRAN, JOHN wrote: > I'm attempting to do a preseeded netinstall using mini.iso. In > general, is it possible to do a netinstall if your network is vlan > tagged?
A VLAN is a Virtual LAN. A Virtual LAN is a way to group hosts together onto a common network even though their locations may be physically separate. But as far as processes on the hosts know they are simply on a LAN. Therefore the answer to your question can only be YES. Because installing in a virtual LAN will be identical to installing on a LAN. And it is certainly possible to preseed netinstall on a LAN. > I have found a thread in which describes how it hypothetically is > possible with manual intervention. I would appreciate any further > information on how this might be possible. Huh? Please describe your environment in more detail. Because I would be shocked to learn that there might be a problem. Which is exactly the opposite of what your statement implies. All you need to do a netinst is access to the network so that the debian-installer can download the packages it needs to install on the fly. The protocol is specified by the source mirror specified. That may most often be http these days but ftp and local files and other transports are also supported. All you need to preseed an install is to make the preseed file available. There are several methods as described in the official documentation. http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apbs01.html.en#preseed-methods Is there something specific about your network environment that would prevent either of the above requirements? Bob
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