Re: About using static config with pxeboot/preseed

2011-10-14 Thread Floris Bos / Maxnet
Hi, On 11.10.2011 17:17, Julien Escario wrote: I'm trying to configure full automated install. The server is booting over pxe, get his dhcp lease and retrieve the preseed file over http. Preseeding is working well but not for the net config : ip address, hostname, ... After reboot, dhcp is sti

Re: TRIM support for ext4

2012-03-11 Thread Floris Bos / Maxnet
On 03/12/2012 01:04 AM, Miguel Figueiredo wrote: Add the mount option 'discard' for ext4 filesystems so, during partitioning, TRIM can be activated for SSDs in the installed system. I assume the patch only adds discard as mount option to /etc/fstab? In addition to that, it would also be nice

Re: TRIM support for ext4

2012-03-11 Thread Floris Bos / Maxnet
On 03/12/2012 07:51 AM, Joey Hess wrote: Floris Bos / Maxnet wrote: In addition to that, it would also be nice if the "-E discard" option is passed to mkfs.ext4, so that it TRIMs the entire disk partition prior to creating the file system structures. -E discard is the default, ac

Re: TRIM support for ext4

2012-03-12 Thread Floris Bos / Maxnet
On 03/12/2012 07:58 AM, Floris Bos / Maxnet wrote: On 03/12/2012 07:51 AM, Joey Hess wrote: Floris Bos / Maxnet wrote: In addition to that, it would also be nice if the "-E discard" option is passed to mkfs.ext4, so that it TRIMs the entire disk partition prior to creating the f

Re: preseed doesn't overwrite existing lvm partitioning

2012-03-23 Thread Floris Bos / Maxnet
On 03/23/2012 07:51 PM, Ryan Braun [ADS] wrote: I could have sworn I had tested this previously, but it doesn't seem to be working for me. I have a preseed configured and it will install on virgin hardware without problem. But if I run the same install procedure for a second time on the same

Re: preseed doesn't overwrite existing lvm partitioning

2012-03-23 Thread Floris Bos / Maxnet
On 03/23/2012 09:01 PM, Ryan Braun [ADS] wrote: On March 23, 2012 07:17:17 pm Floris Bos / Maxnet wrote: Though I would like to maybe see a new partman d-i option. d-i partman/confirm_all boolean true kind of thing. Would indeed be nice. And ideally it should not just be a partman option

Bug#681801: Preseeding console-keymaps-at/keymap=us no longer works to select keymap

2012-07-16 Thread Floris Bos / Maxnet
Package: console-setup-udeb Version: 1.80 We perform automated preseeded Debian installations. With Debian Squeeze we are able to use the following boot parameters to prevent Debian from prompting for country and keyboard settings: == debian-installer/locale=en_US kbd-chooser/method=us conso

Re: preseed installation, hostname and PTR

2012-10-08 Thread Floris Bos / Maxnet
On 10/08/2012 05:51 PM, George Shuklin wrote: Found very strange behavior: If VM installed with preseed and new VM hostname is passed via kernel command line, installer ignores that option and use data from DNS (PTR record for IP). This is bug or feature? I found it in sqeeze/wheezy and ubuntu

Re: preseed installation, hostname and PTR

2012-10-08 Thread Floris Bos / Maxnet
On 10/08/2012 11:13 PM, Philipp Kern wrote: On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 09:20:47PM +0200, Floris Bos / Maxnet wrote: Deja vu: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=606636 To me it is still a bug, although others mentioned it is documented behavior. It is. However that patch would need