USB CD boot and autoinstall (preseeding)
Hello, I'm attempting to remaster a CD (xubuntu) and automate its installation for multiple identical installs. First of all, I added the following to my isolinux/isolinux.cfg file with a new menu that would load my preseed/mediaplayer.seed file: LABEL ks menu label ^Auto-install (preseed) kernel /install/vmlinuz append locale=en_US console-setup/layoutcode=fr console-setup/variantcode=oss_latin9 file=/cdrom/preseed/mediaplayer.seed initrd=/install/initrd.gz So the BIOS correctly boots my CDROM, I do get the xubuntu splash screen. I then go down to the "Auto-install (preseed)" menu, and press enter. The next thing is that it complains not finding the CD-ROM. Of course, I just booted from the CD to get the splash screen. I guess some USB module is not installed. So I press "continue". Further, it proposes to load a driver from floppy, I select "no", then it asks if I want to load some cdrom driver, I say "yes", I choose "cdrom" from the choice list (choices: none, cdrom). Finally, I type "/dev/cdrom" as the device, although, I'm not even sure this is correct, as it normaly should be "/dev/scd0". At last, it finds the CDROM and my .seed file. How can I make this step automatic? I guess I need to append extra argument parameters in my isolinux.cfg file... please help! Regards, -- Alexandre CONRAD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB CD boot and autoinstall (preseeding)
Hi, I think I have a bug here. I have found a workaround though. See below. Alexandre Conrad wrote: LABEL ks menu label ^Auto-install (preseed) kernel /install/vmlinuz append locale=en_US console-setup/layoutcode=fr console-setup/variantcode=oss_latin9 file=/cdrom/preseed/mediaplayer.seed initrd=/install/initrd.gz I finally have set the following to have my USB CD found after the xubuntu install splash screen (right after the BIOS): """ append locale=en_US console-setup/layoutcode=fr console-setup/variantcode=oss_latin9 cdrom-detect/load_floppy?=false cdrom-detect/manual_config=true cdrom-detect/cdrom_module=none cdrom-detect/cdrom_device=/dev/scd0 file=/cdrom/preseed/mediaplayer.seed initrd=/install/initrd.gz """ Note the "load_floppy" has a ?=false value. Which means we're setting the default to false but still keep the user interaction. This is because when "cdrom-detect/load_floppy=false" is set, it turns out it doesn't detect the CD drive. If I put some latency (user interaction), it works. Also, if I press "false" really fast (human reflexe timing), I get the error as well. If I take my time and wait a second or so, the CD is found no problem and the media starts being scanned. This is very odd. But it seems that the "cdrom module" or whatever loads to get the USB CD to work doesn't have enough time to be loaded and the detection fails. If the detection fails, I press continue, and I retry CDROM detection, it works just fine. So this doesn't make a *fully* automatic install. Has anyone experienced this before? Regards, -- Alexandre CONRAD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
concentrators for PPPoE
Hello, I remastered a xubuntu CD, and during the installation process, I'm getting a "detecting concentrators for eth0" regarding PPPoE. Other than adding one extra .deb package and regenerating Packages with apt-ftparchives (and a new gpg key), I haven't changed anything... This is something I didn't have before on the same PC, any idea what would cause this? Regards, -- Alexandre CONRAD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
retrieve a package's questions for debconf-set-selections
Hi, I'd like to use debconf-set-selections to pre-seed the debconf database with answers. But how can I retrieve/extract/query the questions that the .deb file will ask me? For example, that could be used for the java .deb to accept terms and conditions for an automatic installation. Thanks. Regards, -- Alexandre CONRAD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
