captainbee
February 18th, 2020, 10:36 AM
Hello and a good morning to all !
after a ten years break, i came back to Linux (yay!) and got a new challenge ;-)
I'm working on a preseed-image for my environment, testing "Cubic" and most things are working.
But there are still the questions at boot-time for region, language and country. So i think, there must be still something wrong and i hope you can help me a little.
The goal is, to get the system for de_DE-locale at finish, but i don`t really care about the installation dialog, could be in english, but i dont want to get any dialog, because the installation should run totally unattended.
Here is my preseed-file :
mybeaver.seed (ok, this name is just for example ;-)
# The Beaver Preseed
# Test 18.02.2020 09:38
#
### Unattended Installation
d-i auto-install/enable boolean true
d-i debconf/priority select critical
d-i debian-installer/quiet boolean false
#### Locales
d-i debian-installer/locale string de_DE
d-i debian-installer/language string de
d-i debian-installer/country string DE
d-i debian-installer/fallbacklocale en_US.UTF-8
d-i localechooser/continentlist select Europe
d-i localechooser/countrylist/Europe select DE
d-i localechooser/shortlist/de select Germany
d-i localechooser/languagelist string de
d-i localechooser/supported-locales multiselect de_DE
d-i localechooser/preferred-locale string de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8
d-i locales/locales_to_be_generated multiselect de_DE.UTF-8 UTF8
# No language support packages.
d-i pkgsel/install-language-support boolean false
### Time
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
d-i time/zone string Europe/Berlin
tzsetup-udeb time/zone string Europe/Berlin
d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true
d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string ntp.blablubb.local
### Console/Keyboard
d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false
d-i console-setup/detect boolean false
d-i console-tools/archs select de
d-i console-keymaps-at/keymap select de
d-i console-setup/modelcode string pc105
d-i console-setup/variantcode string nodeadkeys
#d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select de
d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select Deutsch
d-i keyboard-configuration/layoutcode string de
d-i keyboard-configuration/variantcode string nodeadkeys
d-i keyboard-configuration/layout string Deutsch
d-i keyboard-configuration/model select Generische PC-Tastatur mit 105 Tasten (Intl)
d-i keyboard-configuration/variant select Deutsch - Deutsch (ohne Akzenttasten)
d-i keyboard-configuration/unsupported_config_options boolean true
d-i keyboard-configuration/unsupported_options boolean true
d-i keyboard-configuration/modelcode string pc105
d-i keyboard-configuration/unsupported_config_layout boolean true
d-i keyboard-configuration/unsupported_layout boolean true
### Network Config
# will be changend by dhcp
d-i netcfg/get_hostname string xxxxx
d-i netcfg/get_domain string bla.blubb.local
d-i netcfg/link_wait_timeout string 3
d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string ns1 ns2 ns3
d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 5
#d-i netcfg/dhcpv6_timeout string 1
d-i netcfg/enable boolean true
d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
### Mirror settings
d-i mirror/suite string bionic
d-i mirror/country string de
d-i mirror/protocol string http
d-i mirror/http/hostname string de.archive.ubuntu.com
d-i mirror/http/directory string /ubuntu
d-i mirror/http/proxy string http://ourinternalproxy.local:3142
### Base system installation
d-i base-installer/install-recommends boolean true
d-i debconf debconf/frontend select Noninteractive
popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false
# APT Config
d-i apt-setup/universe boolean true
d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect security, updates
d-i apt-setup/security_host string security.ubuntu.com
d-i apt-setup/security_path string /ubuntu
### Package selection
d-i tasksel/first multiselect standard
### Partition
# You can choose one of the three predefined partitioning recipes:
# - atomic: all files in one partition
# - home: separate /home partition
# - multi: separate /home, /var, and /tmp partitions
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
d-i partman/default_filesystem string ext4
# Maxium Space on first disk
d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max
### First Installation User
d-i passwd/user-fullname string xxxxxxxx
d-i passwd/username string xxxxxxx
d-i passwd/user-password-crypted password $6xxx
d-i passwd/user-password-crypted-again password $6$Txxx
# apt-install whois && mkpasswd -m sha-512
### Bootloader/GRUB
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
d-i grub-installer/bootdev string default
### Post-Install
d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
additionaly, i changed :
/boot/grub/grub.conf
if loadfont /boot/grub/font.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=auto
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod gfxterm
terminal_output gfxterm
fi
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
set default=0
set timeout=5
menuentry "Install Mybeaver" {
set gfxpayload=keep
linux /install/vmlinuz boot=casper
boot=casper
file=/cdrom/preseed/mybeaver.seed
auto=true
debian-installer/country=de
debian-installer/locale=de_DE
debian-installer/language=de
keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=de
localechooser/translation/warn-light=false
localechooser/translation/warn-severe=false
vga=791
initrd /install/initrd.gz
}
then,
/isolinux/txt.cfg
default install
label install
menu label ^Install HISonic Beaver
kernel /install/vmlinuz
append boot=casper BOOT_DEBUG=2 file=/cdrom/preseed/mybeaver.seed debian-installer/locale=de_DE debian-installer/country=de debian-installer/language=de keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=de localechooser/translation/warn-light=false localechooser/translation/warn-severe=false vga=791 initrd=/install/initrd.gz
in /isolinux/langlist
i deleted everything but 'de'
and i changed timeout in
/isolinux/isolinux.cfg
to 30 what means 3 sec.
So, i think many of that options are redundant and maybe i dont need them.
With the Cubic-Tool, i was able to preinstall some progs, so i got a very nice Install-ISO.
So, i would thank you very much for a little help with my challenge :-)
Bye and THX
JB
after a ten years break, i came back to Linux (yay!) and got a new challenge ;-)
I'm working on a preseed-image for my environment, testing "Cubic" and most things are working.
But there are still the questions at boot-time for region, language and country. So i think, there must be still something wrong and i hope you can help me a little.
The goal is, to get the system for de_DE-locale at finish, but i don`t really care about the installation dialog, could be in english, but i dont want to get any dialog, because the installation should run totally unattended.
Here is my preseed-file :
mybeaver.seed (ok, this name is just for example ;-)
# The Beaver Preseed
# Test 18.02.2020 09:38
#
### Unattended Installation
d-i auto-install/enable boolean true
d-i debconf/priority select critical
d-i debian-installer/quiet boolean false
#### Locales
d-i debian-installer/locale string de_DE
d-i debian-installer/language string de
d-i debian-installer/country string DE
d-i debian-installer/fallbacklocale en_US.UTF-8
d-i localechooser/continentlist select Europe
d-i localechooser/countrylist/Europe select DE
d-i localechooser/shortlist/de select Germany
d-i localechooser/languagelist string de
d-i localechooser/supported-locales multiselect de_DE
d-i localechooser/preferred-locale string de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8
d-i locales/locales_to_be_generated multiselect de_DE.UTF-8 UTF8
# No language support packages.
d-i pkgsel/install-language-support boolean false
### Time
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
d-i time/zone string Europe/Berlin
tzsetup-udeb time/zone string Europe/Berlin
d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true
d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string ntp.blablubb.local
### Console/Keyboard
d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false
d-i console-setup/detect boolean false
d-i console-tools/archs select de
d-i console-keymaps-at/keymap select de
d-i console-setup/modelcode string pc105
d-i console-setup/variantcode string nodeadkeys
#d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select de
d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select Deutsch
d-i keyboard-configuration/layoutcode string de
d-i keyboard-configuration/variantcode string nodeadkeys
d-i keyboard-configuration/layout string Deutsch
d-i keyboard-configuration/model select Generische PC-Tastatur mit 105 Tasten (Intl)
d-i keyboard-configuration/variant select Deutsch - Deutsch (ohne Akzenttasten)
d-i keyboard-configuration/unsupported_config_options boolean true
d-i keyboard-configuration/unsupported_options boolean true
d-i keyboard-configuration/modelcode string pc105
d-i keyboard-configuration/unsupported_config_layout boolean true
d-i keyboard-configuration/unsupported_layout boolean true
### Network Config
# will be changend by dhcp
d-i netcfg/get_hostname string xxxxx
d-i netcfg/get_domain string bla.blubb.local
d-i netcfg/link_wait_timeout string 3
d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string ns1 ns2 ns3
d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 5
#d-i netcfg/dhcpv6_timeout string 1
d-i netcfg/enable boolean true
d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
### Mirror settings
d-i mirror/suite string bionic
d-i mirror/country string de
d-i mirror/protocol string http
d-i mirror/http/hostname string de.archive.ubuntu.com
d-i mirror/http/directory string /ubuntu
d-i mirror/http/proxy string http://ourinternalproxy.local:3142
### Base system installation
d-i base-installer/install-recommends boolean true
d-i debconf debconf/frontend select Noninteractive
popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false
# APT Config
d-i apt-setup/universe boolean true
d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect security, updates
d-i apt-setup/security_host string security.ubuntu.com
d-i apt-setup/security_path string /ubuntu
### Package selection
d-i tasksel/first multiselect standard
### Partition
# You can choose one of the three predefined partitioning recipes:
# - atomic: all files in one partition
# - home: separate /home partition
# - multi: separate /home, /var, and /tmp partitions
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
d-i partman/default_filesystem string ext4
# Maxium Space on first disk
d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max
### First Installation User
d-i passwd/user-fullname string xxxxxxxx
d-i passwd/username string xxxxxxx
d-i passwd/user-password-crypted password $6xxx
d-i passwd/user-password-crypted-again password $6$Txxx
# apt-install whois && mkpasswd -m sha-512
### Bootloader/GRUB
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
d-i grub-installer/bootdev string default
### Post-Install
d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
additionaly, i changed :
/boot/grub/grub.conf
if loadfont /boot/grub/font.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=auto
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod gfxterm
terminal_output gfxterm
fi
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
set default=0
set timeout=5
menuentry "Install Mybeaver" {
set gfxpayload=keep
linux /install/vmlinuz boot=casper
boot=casper
file=/cdrom/preseed/mybeaver.seed
auto=true
debian-installer/country=de
debian-installer/locale=de_DE
debian-installer/language=de
keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=de
localechooser/translation/warn-light=false
localechooser/translation/warn-severe=false
vga=791
initrd /install/initrd.gz
}
then,
/isolinux/txt.cfg
default install
label install
menu label ^Install HISonic Beaver
kernel /install/vmlinuz
append boot=casper BOOT_DEBUG=2 file=/cdrom/preseed/mybeaver.seed debian-installer/locale=de_DE debian-installer/country=de debian-installer/language=de keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=de localechooser/translation/warn-light=false localechooser/translation/warn-severe=false vga=791 initrd=/install/initrd.gz
in /isolinux/langlist
i deleted everything but 'de'
and i changed timeout in
/isolinux/isolinux.cfg
to 30 what means 3 sec.
So, i think many of that options are redundant and maybe i dont need them.
With the Cubic-Tool, i was able to preinstall some progs, so i got a very nice Install-ISO.
So, i would thank you very much for a little help with my challenge :-)
Bye and THX
JB