On Fri 19 Jan 2018 at 19:09:27 +0000, Brian wrote: > On Sat 20 Jan 2018 at 03:25:00 +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > To get out of the situation I'm in on those two machines, I just need to > > hand-craft the interfaces file to something like what you have above, > > with appropriate device, ssid and WPA password values substituted. For > > these PARTICULAR systems, firmware doesn't seem to be a problem. > > That's about it. The transferring of the interfaces file takes place in > a late_command. I've not tried it myself but it should work and I intend > to have a go tomorrow.
The location of the files you provide will be different from mine. interfaces could also have stanzas for all the wireless devices; only one of them is going to be brought up anyway. This works for me: d-i preseed/late_command string \ cp /hd-media/files/interfaces /target/etc/network/interfaces; \ mkdir /target/lib/firmware; \ cp /hd-media/files/zd1211/ /target/lib/firmware; \ in-target apt-get -y install wpasupplicant; The technique just replaces installing over a wireless link from the start. I've been wondering why you chose not to do that and avoid the extra work. -- Brian.
