Re: pre-seed was Re: Headless Install Debian Squeeze

2011-07-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 01 iul 11, 09:47:52, Martin McCormick wrote: [snip preseeding] Did you already look at fai? It stands for Fully Automatic Installation[1] ;) [1] http://fai-project.org/ Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/lis

Re: pre-seed was Re: Headless Install Debian Squeeze

2011-07-02 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 03/07/11 00:01, Martin McCormick wrote: > I downloaded the following image: > > debian-6.0.2.1-kfreebsd-i386-CD-1.iso > > So, my questions all boil down to, "Can you take that > off-the-shelf image and introduce your pre-seed configurations > such that they happen automatically?"

Re: pre-seed was Re: Headless Install Debian Squeeze

2011-07-02 Thread T o n g
On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:19:42 +0100, Wawrzek Niewodniczanski wrote: >> I think it can be introduced on a USB stick or possibly even a floppy >> although the USB stick method would work on just about any P.C. made in >> the last 15 years. . . >> > [...] > I use http to server preseed file . . . U

Re: pre-seed was Re: Headless Install Debian Squeeze

2011-07-02 Thread Martin McCormick
I downloaded the following image: debian-6.0.2.1-kfreebsd-i386-CD-1.iso I am still a bit confused as to whether one can use a pre-seed file with that CD without remastering it or having to arrow down. It is not that those steps are a big problem, but if one is going to do a headless insta

Re: pre-seed was Re: Headless Install Debian Squeeze

2011-07-01 Thread Wawrzek Niewodniczanski
On 07/01/11 15:47, Martin McCormick wrote: [...] I think it can be introduced on a USB stick or possibly even a floppy although the USB stick method would work on just about any P.C. made in the last 15 years. I understand that the installer looks for drives plugged in to the USB ports and that

pre-seed was Re: Headless Install Debian Squeeze

2011-07-01 Thread Martin McCormick
I just did a Google search on Debian Squeeze and pre-seed files and found a document describing what all can be placed in to such a file. What I did not see yet is a mechanical description of how to introduce the file to the installation process. I think it can be introduced on a USB stick