Re: using initrd preseed.cfg during netboot

2006-03-28 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 28 March 2006 16:47, Steve Feehan wrote: >   2. Do I need to use/build the debian-installer version from sid since >      there does not appear to be an initrd-preseed for stable? There are several options. You could also backport the changes in the preseed udeb needed for initrd-prese

Re: using initrd preseed.cfg during netboot

2006-03-28 Thread Joey Hess
sarge does not support initrd preseeding, this feature was added after its release. Steve Feehan wrote: > And now my final (hopefully minor) problem: a couple of the preseed > lines don't seem to be used. For instance, I don't want sshd to start so > I add: > > ssh ssh/run_sshdstring false

Re: using initrd preseed.cfg during netboot

2006-03-28 Thread Steve Feehan
On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 09:47:00AM -0500, Steve Feehan wrote: > Yesterday afternoon I decided to proceed down the path of building > a custom debian installer netboot image with the file-preseed and/or > initrd-preseed udebs. > > The first problem I encountered is that the initrd-preseed udeb see

Re: using initrd preseed.cfg during netboot

2006-03-28 Thread Steven Van Acker
On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 09:47:00AM -0500, Steve Feehan wrote: > Yesterday afternoon I decided to proceed down the path of building > a custom debian installer netboot image with the file-preseed and/or > initrd-preseed udebs. > > The first problem I encountered is that the initrd-preseed udeb seem

Re: using initrd preseed.cfg during netboot

2006-03-28 Thread Steve Feehan
On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 03:29:54PM -0500, Steve Feehan wrote: > Forgot (at least) one critical bit of information: I'm working > with the Sarge installer and the netboot image retrieved from: > > > ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/ > > Thank

Re: using initrd preseed.cfg during netboot

2006-03-27 Thread Steve Feehan
Forgot (at least) one critical bit of information: I'm working with the Sarge installer and the netboot image retrieved from: ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/ Thanks! Steve On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 03:27:30PM -0500, Steve Feehan wrote: > I

using initrd preseed.cfg during netboot

2006-03-27 Thread Steve Feehan
I have been working on preseeding during network booting. I got a network preseed file to work, but I'm having trouble putting the preseed.cfg file in the initrd. First, I know this is probably not the correct way to modify the initrd, but here is what I did: Uncompress the initrd: gunzip ini