I have a preseed file set up to do a lot of the installation process for me. However, I still have to customize it for each machine, e.g. host name. I then do the disk partition layout manually during the installation.
What I would like to do is have a file with the standard parts of the setup, and then separate files for each machine. I can do the include, but it doesn't seem to work correctly. The Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide says "It is possible to include other preconfiguration files from a preconfiguration file. Any settings in those files will override pre-existing settings from files loaded earlier. This makes it possible to put, for example, general networking settings for your location in one file and more specific settings for certain configurations in other files." B.5.3 If a.cfg calls b.cfg, it appears that b.cfg's settings override a.cfg's regardless of the order. If both files set the host name, I get b.cfg's host name regardless of whether a.cfg sets the host name before or after calling b.cfg. I am working with the current (August 18th) weekly build. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
