Scripted Installations

2004-04-08 Thread russh347
Is there a way to script responses to the standard debian-installer without rebuilding it? We are building up a distribution on CD to go with a distribute embedded system. The hardware is fairly well locked down and we don't need a lot of options. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Scripted Installations

2004-04-08 Thread russh347
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DHCP failure during install

2004-04-01 Thread russh347
The last several daily builds of both the businesscard and netinst isos have all exhibited problems with DHCP because af_packet failed to load. The workaround we have been using is 'modprobe af_packet', then retry DHCP. The text of the relevant syslog message is below. There is nothing about t

Modifying an ISO

2004-04-01 Thread russh347
I've been trying to modify the sarge-i386-netinst.iso by adding our application specific packages. When I add the packages under main and run apt-ftparchive generate, the resulting CD fails with the following message: [!!] Load installer components from CD Failed to load installer component Loa

Re: Install problem

2004-03-25 Thread russh347
[sig snipped] > You might want to do something about this obnoxios > signature. Believe me, we've been trying. I forget that it gets added automagically to all outgoing messages by the our server. Subscribing using my home email is the best workaround I have. Sorry. Russel Hill -- To U