Hi Adam, Enter the "preseed" file - https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.automated-installation.html - section 12.3.2
Not a huge fan... I find it very arcane & fiddly as compared to kickstart (especially the disk layout stuff.) But it works. - Will -----Original Message----- From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Adam Moskowitz Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 8:36 AM To: LOPSA Tech List Subject: [lopsa-tech] Debian equivalent of ks.cfg? When I boot an RHEL/CentOS system from DVD or ISO, I can grab the system at the boot menu and set "inst.ks=<somtehing>" and have it use a ks.cfg I put on a USB stick. Is there an equivalent for Debian and if so, what it it? That is, what's the Debian equivalent of ks.cfg AND how do I specify it at boot time? No, I don't want to set up FAI or PXE boot or Puppet or Chef or anything like that. These are experimental systems that will eventually turn into "production" systems that are handled using 'real" automation, but for now, I just want to get a repeatable (and fairly minimal but still somewhat customized) system. Also, I can't take a snapshot of the first system after I build it and just make copies as needed. I'll be doing this 1 or 2 machines at a time, at most once every week or every other week for a month at most, then not again for several months or even not again for a year. Thanks, Adam _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/ _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
