Re: Preseed Bug or User Error?
On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 18:47:16 +0000
Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> > Major improvement, thank you! I did have to answer some questions on
> > the way through, but did get a good connection.
>
> Good. As I tried to indicate, the priority at which d-i is run affects
> which questions are asked. Otherwise you get the default; what you
> call the "correct selection" later on. My preseed file starts with
>
> debconf debconf/priority string critical
That helped, thank you.
Something is preventing d-i from stopping before rebooting. I would
like to avoid that. There may be occasions when I want to examine the
results before I reboot. (I do know about /var/log/install.)
> Try
>
> d-i netcfg/get_hostname string your_hostname
>
> It works for me.
I'm going to pass on that one. I would like to use my preseed file for
several machines, and they all get their host names via DHCP.
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