Hello all,
I am building a preseed file for Debian Bullseye.
I am able to configure many advanced features, like LUKS / LVM, etc.
However, I still have one question asked at the beginning of the
installer, about the keyboard variant (see the attached image)
For instance, I can select British, and then, the installation continues.
I am attaching the full preseed file I use.
Thanks for your help.
André Rodier.
#### Preseed for one drive, using just an LVM partitioning scheme
# The values can also be preseeded individually for greater flexibility.
d-i debian-installer/language string en_GB:en
d-i debian-installer/country string UK
d-i debian-installer/locale string en_GB
# Optionally specify additional locales to be generated.
# d-i localechooser/supported-locales multiselect en_GB.UTF-8
# Keyboard selection.
# d-i console-keymaps-at/keymap string gb
d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select gb
d-i keyboard-configuration/variant select British English
d-i keyboard-configuration/toggle select No toggling
# Do not scan for another CD
d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean false
d-i apt-setup/cdrom/set-first boolean false
d-i apt-setup/cdrom/set-next boolean false
d-i apt-setup/cdrom/set-failed boolean false
### Apt setup
# You can choose to install non-free and contrib software.
d-i apt-setup/non-free boolean true
d-i apt-setup/contrib boolean true
d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean true
# Select which update services to use; define the mirrors to be used.
# Values shown below are the normal defaults.
d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect security, updates
d-i apt-setup/security_host string security.debian.org
# Additional repositories, local[0-9] available
# d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string \
# http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
# d-i apt-setup/local0/comment string Google chrome
# URL to the public key of the local repository; you must provide a key or
# apt will complain about the unauthenticated repository and so the
# sources.list line will be left commented out
# d-i apt-setup/local0/key string
https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
# Enable deb-src lines
#d-i apt-setup/local0/source boolean true
# By default the installer requires that repositories be authenticated
# using a known gpg key. This setting can be used to disable that
# authentication. Warning: Insecure, not recommended.
#d-i debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated boolean true
# Uncomment this to add multiarch configuration for i386
#d-i apt-setup/multiarch string i386
### Network configuration
# Disable network configuration entirely. This is useful for cdrom
# installations on non-networked devices where the network questions,
# warning and long timeouts are a nuisance.
#d-i netcfg/enable boolean false
# netcfg will choose an interface that has link if possible. This makes it
# skip displaying a list if there is more than one interface.
# d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
# To set a different link detection timeout (default is 3 seconds).
# Values are interpreted as seconds.
#d-i netcfg/link_wait_timeout string 10
# If you have a slow dhcp server and the installer times out waiting for
# it, this might be useful.
#d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 60
#d-i netcfg/dhcpv6_timeout string 60
# If you prefer to configure the network manually, uncomment this line and
# the static network configuration below.
#d-i netcfg/disable_autoconfig boolean true
# Any hostname and domain names assigned from dhcp take precedence over
# values set here. However, setting the values still prevents the questions
# from being shown, even if values come from dhcp.
d-i netcfg/get_hostname string mail
d-i netcfg/get_domain string rodier.me
# If you want to force a hostname, regardless of what either the DHCP
# server returns or what the reverse DNS entry for the IP is, uncomment
# and adjust the following line.
#d-i netcfg/hostname string somehost
# Disable that annoying WEP key dialog.
d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string
# The wacky dhcp hostname that some ISPs use as a password of sorts.
#d-i netcfg/dhcp_hostname string radish
# If non-free firmware is needed for the network or other hardware, you can
# configure the installer to always try to load it, without prompting. Or
# change to false to disable asking.
d-i hw-detect/load_firmware boolean false
### Network console1
# Use the following settings if you wish to make use of the network-console
# component for remote installation over SSH. This only makes sense if you
# intend to perform the remainder of the installation manually.
#d-i anna/choose_modules string network-console
#d-i network-console/authorized_keys_url string http://10.0.0.1/openssh-key
#d-i network-console/password password r00tme
#d-i network-console/password-again password r00tme
### Mirror settings
# If you select ftp, the mirror/country string does not need to be set.
#d-i mirror/protocol string ftp
d-i mirror/country string manual
d-i mirror/http/hostname string deb.debian.org
d-i mirror/http/directory string /debian
d-i mirror/http/proxy string
# Suite to install.
#d-i mirror/suite string testing
# Suite to use for loading installer components (optional).
#d-i mirror/udeb/suite string testing
### Account setup
# Only create a root account
d-i passwd/root-login boolean true
d-i passwd/make-user boolean false
# Root password, either in clear text
d-i passwd/root-password password H0meb0x
d-i passwd/root-password-again password H0meb0x
# or encrypted using a crypt(3) hash.
#d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password [crypt(3) hash]
# To create a normal user account.
# d-i passwd/user-fullname string
# d-i passwd/username string
# # Normal user's password, either in clear text
# d-i passwd/user-password password
# d-i passwd/user-password-again password
# or encrypted using a crypt(3) hash.
#d-i passwd/user-password-crypted password [crypt(3) hash]
# Create the first user with the specified UID instead of the default.
#d-i passwd/user-uid string 1010
# The user account will be added to some standard initial groups. To
# override that, use this.
#d-i passwd/user-default-groups string audio cdrom video
### Clock and time zone setup
# Controls whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC.
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean True
# You may set this to any valid setting for $TZ; see the contents of
# /usr/share/zoneinfo/ for valid values.
d-i time/zone string Europe/London
# Controls whether to use NTP to set the clock during the install
d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean True
# NTP server to use. The default is almost always fine here.
#d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string ntp.example.com
# UEFI Secure Boot password:
# shim-signed-common shim/secureboot_key password xxx-wip
# Re-enter password to verify:
# shim-signed-common shim/secureboot_key_again password xxx-wip
### Partitioning
d-i partman-auto/method string crypto
# Passphrase for the encryption
d-i partman-crypto/passphrase password loreleisc
d-i partman-crypto/passphrase-again password loreleisc
### GPT
d-i partman-basicfilesystems/choose_label string gpt
d-i partman-basicfilesystems/default_label string gpt
d-i partman-partitioning/choose_label string gpt
d-i partman-partitioning/default_label string gpt
d-i partman/choose_label string gpt
d-i partman/default_label string gpt
# If one of the disks that are going to be automatically partitioned
# contains an old LVM configuration, the user will normally receive a
# warning. This can be preseeded away...
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
# The same applies to pre-existing software RAID array:
d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
# And the same goes for the confirmation to write the lvm partitions.
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
# You can choose one of the three predefined partitioning recipes:
# - atomic: all files in one partition
# - home: separate /home partition
# - multi: separate /home, /var, and /tmp partitions
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select boot-crypto
# You can define the amount of space that will be used for the LVM volume
# group. It can either be a size with its unit (eg. 20 GB), a percentage of
# free space or the 'max' keyword.
d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string 90%
# See https://wiki.debian.org/UEFI
grub-efi-amd64 grub2/force_efi_extra_removable boolean true
d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string boot-crypto :: \
256 \
256 \
512 \
free \
$iflabel{ gpt } \
$reusemethod{ } \
method{ efi } \
format{ } \
. \
256 \
256 \
512 \
ext4 \
$defaultignore{ } \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
label{ boot } \
mountpoint{ /boot } \
. \
23040 \
25600 \
28160 \
ext4 \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
lv_name{ home } \
$defaultignore{ } \
$lvmok{ } \
mountpoint{ /home } \
. \
1152 \
1280 \
1408 \
ext4 \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
lv_name{ system } \
$defaultignore{ } \
$lvmok{ } \
mountpoint{ / } \
. \
288 \
320 \
352 \
ext4 \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
lv_name{ root } \
$defaultignore{ } \
$lvmok{ } \
mountpoint{ /root } \
. \
1152 \
1280 \
1408 \
ext4 \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
lv_name{ usr } \
$defaultignore{ } \
$lvmok{ } \
mountpoint{ /usr } \
. \
288 \
320 \
352 \
ext4 \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
lv_name{ tmp } \
$defaultignore{ } \
$lvmok{ } \
mountpoint{ /tmp } \
. \
2016 \
2240 \
2464 \
ext4 \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
lv_name{ var } \
$defaultignore{ } \
$lvmok{ } \
mountpoint{ /var } \
. \
864 \
0 \
1056 \
ext4 \
method{ format } \
format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } \
filesystem{ ext4 } \
lv_name{ log } \
$defaultignore{ } \
$lvmok{ } \
mountpoint{ /var/log } \
. \
1024 \
0 \
2048 \
linux-swap \
$lvmok{ } \
$defaultignore{ } \
lv_name{ swap } \
method{ swap } \
$gptonly{ } \
format{ } \
.
# This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided
# that you told it what to do using one of the methods above.
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
# When disk encryption is enabled, skip wiping the partitions beforehand.
d-i partman-auto-crypto/erase_disks boolean false
# This one makes grub-installer install to the MBR even if finds some other OS
# too, which is less safe as it might not be able to boot that other OS.
d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
d-i grub-installer/bootdev string default
# For additional information see the file partman-auto-raid-recipe.txt
# included in the 'debian-installer' package or available from D-I source
# repository.
## Controlling how partitions are mounted
# The default is to mount by UUID, but you can also choose "traditional" to
# use traditional device names, or "label" to try filesystem labels before
# falling back to UUIDs.
d-i partman/mount_style select uuid
### Base system installation
# Configure APT to not install recommended packages by default. Use of this
# option can result in an incomplete system and should only be used by very
# experienced users.
d-i base-installer/install-recommends boolean false
# The kernel image (meta) package to be installed; "none" can be used if no
# kernel is to be installed.
d-i base-installer/kernel/image string linux-image-amd64
### Package selection
tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, ssh-server
d-i pkgsel/include string plymouth cryptsetup-initramfs
# Whether to upgrade packages after debootstrap.
# Allowed values: none, safe-upgrade, full-upgrade
d-i pkgsel/upgrade select full-upgrade
# Some versions of the installer can report back on what software you have
# installed, and what software you use. The default is not to report back,
# but sending reports helps the project determine what software is most
# popular and include it on CDs.
popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false
### Boot loader installation
# This is fairly safe to set, it makes grub install automatically to the MBR
# if no other operating system is detected on the machine.
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
# This one makes grub-installer install to the MBR if it also finds some other
# OS, which is less safe as it might not be able to boot that other OS.
d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true
# To install to the first device (assuming it is not a USB stick):
d-i grub-installer/bootdev string default
# Use the following option to add additional boot parameters for the
# installed system (if supported by the bootloader installer).
# Note: options passed to the installer will be added automatically.
#d-i debian-installer/add-kernel-opts string nousb
### Finishing up the installation
# During installations from serial console, the regular virtual consoles
# (VT1-VT6) are normally disabled in /etc/inittab. Uncomment the next
# line to prevent this.
#d-i finish-install/keep-consoles boolean true
# Avoid that last message about the install being complete.
d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
# This will prevent the installer from ejecting the CD during the reboot,
# which is useful in some situations.
# d-i cdrom-detect/eject boolean false
# This is how to make the installer shutdown when finished, but not
# reboot into the installed system.
#d-i debian-installer/exit/halt boolean true
# This will power off the machine instead of just halting it.
d-i debian-installer/exit/poweroff boolean true
# Use the following option to add additional boot parameters for the
# installed system (if supported by the bootloader installer).
# Note: options passed to the installer will be added automatically.
d-i debian-installer/add-kernel-opts string splash
#### Advanced options
### Running custom commands during the installation
# d-i preseeding is inherently not secure. Nothing in the installer checks
# for attempts at buffer overflows or other exploits of the values of a
# preconfiguration file like this one. Only use preconfiguration files from
# trusted locations! To drive that home, and because it's generally useful,
# here's a way to run any shell command you'd like inside the installer,
# automatically.
# This first command is run as early as possible, just after
# preseeding is read.
# d-i preseed/early_command string \
# /bin/test -d /media/EFI && /bin/umount /media || /bin/true
# This command is run immediately before the partitioner starts. It may be
# useful to apply dynamic partitioner preseeding that depends on the state
# of the disks (which may not be visible when preseed/early_command runs).
d-i partman/early_command string \
/bin/test -d /media/EFI && /bin/umount /media || /bin/true \
/bin/dd if=/dev/zero of="$(/bin/list-devices disk | head -n1)" \
bs=1024 count=65535
# This command is run just before the install finishes, but when there is
# still a usable /target directory. You can chroot to /target and use it
# directly, or use the apt-install and in-target commands to easily install
# packages and run commands in the target system.
# Extract the miscellaneous files into the archives.
# Fix permissions of the root home folder and system root.
d-i preseed/late_command string tar -C /target -zxf /cdrom/simple-cdd/misc.tgz \
&& chown -R 0:0 /target/root \
&& chown 0:0 /target
