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Towards a customizeable installer

Started byRichard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
First post2020-06-01 14:10 +0200
Last post2020-06-01 21:30 +0200
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  Towards a customizeable installer Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-06-01 14:10 +0200
    Re: Towards a customizeable installer <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-06-01 16:20 +0200
      Re: Towards a customizeable installer Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-06-01 16:40 +0200
        Re: Towards a customizeable installer Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-06-01 17:50 +0200
    Re: Towards a customizeable installer Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-06-01 21:30 +0200
      Re: Towards a customizeable installer Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-06-02 00:00 +0200
        Re: Towards a customizeable installer Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-06-02 12:20 +0200
          Re: Towards a customizeable installer Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-06-02 16:50 +0200
    Re: Towards a customizeable installer Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-06-01 21:30 +0200

#222970 — Towards a customizeable installer

FromRichard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Date2020-06-01 14:10 +0200
SubjectTowards a customizeable installer
Message-ID<AcRqp-7sD-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
The standard Debian installer gives me only two poor choices:
   too little customization	[i.e. Standard]
   too much customization	[i.e. Expert]
There are question always asked which will always have same answer [e.g. 
Full name].

Back when Squeeze was the current release there was a website whose 
input screens resembled those of Expert mode and generated a custom 
preseed.cfg file .

I suspect which search terms I used was cause for lack of relevant 
results. I.E. today I did [https://duckduckgo.com/html?q=%2B"debian"] .
Of the first two dozen hits about half seemed promising. When reviewed, 
~ six were worth additional investigation but none had what I was 
looking for.

Does anyone recall the page I described in my 2nd paragraph?
TIA

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#222973

From<tomas@tuxteam.de>
Date2020-06-01 16:20 +0200
Message-ID<AcTse-c0-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#222970

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On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 07:01:21AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> The standard Debian installer gives me only two poor choices:
>   too little customization	[i.e. Standard]
>   too much customization	[i.e. Expert]
> There are question always asked which will always have same answer
> [e.g. Full name].
> 
> Back when Squeeze was the current release there was a website whose
> input screens resembled those of Expert mode and generated a custom
> preseed.cfg file .
> 
> I suspect which search terms I used was cause for lack of relevant
> results. I.E. today I did
> [https://duckduckgo.com/html?q=%2B"debian"] .
> Of the first two dozen hits about half seemed promising. When
> reviewed, ~ six were worth additional investigation but none had
> what I was looking for.

Perhaps it's

  https://duckduckgo.com/html?q=%2B"debian"+%2B"preseed"

or have I misunderstood you completely?

Cheers
-- tomás

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#222974

FromRichard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Date2020-06-01 16:40 +0200
Message-ID<AcTLz-ik-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#222973
On 06/01/2020 09:16 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 07:01:21AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> The standard Debian installer gives me only two poor choices:
>>    too little customization	[i.e. Standard]
>>    too much customization	[i.e. Expert]
>> There are question always asked which will always have same answer
>> [e.g. Full name].
>>
>> Back when Squeeze was the current release there was a website whose
>> input screens resembled those of Expert mode and generated a custom
>> preseed.cfg file .
>>
>> I suspect which search terms I used was cause for lack of relevant
>> results. I.E. today I did
>> [https://duckduckgo.com/html?q=%2B"debian"] .
>> Of the first two dozen hits about half seemed promising. When
>> reviewed, ~ six were worth additional investigation but none had
>> what I was looking for.
> 
> Perhaps it's
> 
>    https://duckduckgo.com/html?q=%2B"debian"+%2B"preseed"
> 
> or have I misunderstood you completely?
> 
> Cheers
> -- tomás
> 

https://duckduckgo.com/html?q=%2B"debian"+%2B"preseed" *IS* what I 
intended. On my third try of copy-n-paste I thought I got it right ;/

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#222976

FromRichard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Date2020-06-01 17:50 +0200
Message-ID<AcURj-Ui-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#222974
On 06/01/2020 09:32 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 06/01/2020 09:16 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 07:01:21AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>> The standard Debian installer gives me only two poor choices:
>>>    too little customization    [i.e. Standard]
>>>    too much customization    [i.e. Expert]
>>> There are question always asked which will always have same answer
>>> [e.g. Full name].
>>>
>>> Back when Squeeze was the current release there was a website whose
>>> input screens resembled those of Expert mode and generated a custom
>>> preseed.cfg file .
>>>
>>> I suspect which search terms I used was cause for lack of relevant
>>> results. I.E. today I did
>>> [https://duckduckgo.com/html?q=%2B"debian"] .
>>> Of the first two dozen hits about half seemed promising. When
>>> reviewed, ~ six were worth additional investigation but none had
>>> what I was looking for.
>>
>> Perhaps it's
>>
>>    https://duckduckgo.com/html?q=%2B"debian"+%2B"preseed"
>>
>> or have I misunderstood you completely?
>>
>> Cheers
>> -- tomás
>>
> 
> https://duckduckgo.com/html?q=%2B"debian"+%2B"preseed" *IS* what I 
> intended. On my third try of copy-n-paste I thought I got it right ;/

OOPS --  should have finished my second cup of coffee

Search was

https://duckduckgo.com/html?q=%2B%22debian%22%20%2B%22custom%22%20%2B%22preseed.cfg%22

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#222983

FromRichard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Date2020-06-01 21:30 +0200
Message-ID<AcYid-34F-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#222970
On 06/01/2020 02:21 PM, Brian wrote:
> On Mon 01 Jun 2020 at 07:01:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> 
>> Does anyone recall the page I described in my 2nd paragraph?
> 
> It doesn't exist anymore.
> 
> Your knowledge of preseeding should be sufficient to get to where you
> want to be.
> 

No.
My *EXPLICIT REQUIREMENT* is to produce multiple preseed.cfg files in a 
semiautomatic manner.

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#222986

FromBrian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Date2020-06-02 00:00 +0200
Message-ID<Ad0Do-4oY-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#222983
On Mon 01 Jun 2020 at 14:28:45 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:

> On 06/01/2020 02:21 PM, Brian wrote:
> > On Mon 01 Jun 2020 at 07:01:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > 
> > > Does anyone recall the page I described in my 2nd paragraph?
> > 
> > It doesn't exist anymore.
> > 
> > Your knowledge of preseeding should be sufficient to get to where you
> > want to be.
> > 
> 
> No.
> My *EXPLICIT REQUIREMENT* is to produce multiple preseed.cfg files in a
> semiautomatic manner.

Your explicit requirement is something you have imposed on yourself.
Why impose it on others in your search for a solution to preseeding?

-- 
Brian.

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#223001

FromRichard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Date2020-06-02 12:20 +0200
Message-ID<Adcbv-36B-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#222986
On 06/01/2020 04:50 PM, Brian wrote:
> On Mon 01 Jun 2020 at 14:28:45 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> 
>> On 06/01/2020 02:21 PM, Brian wrote:
>>> On Mon 01 Jun 2020 at 07:01:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does anyone recall the page I described in my 2nd paragraph?
>>>
>>> It doesn't exist anymore.
>>>
>>> Your knowledge of preseeding should be sufficient to get to where you
>>> want to be.
>>>
>>
>> No.
>> My *EXPLICIT REQUIREMENT* is to produce multiple preseed.cfg files in a
>> semiautomatic manner.
> 
> Your explicit requirement is something you have imposed on yourself.

True. I have a *PERSONAL* project requiring multiple preseed.cfg files.

> Why impose it on others in your search for a solution to preseeding?

That's a _non sequitur_ !
[q. v. https://literarydevices.net/non-sequitur/ ]

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#223018

FromBrian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Date2020-06-02 16:50 +0200
Message-ID<AdgoO-5xI-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#223001
On Tue 02 Jun 2020 at 05:17:53 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:

> On 06/01/2020 04:50 PM, Brian wrote:
> > On Mon 01 Jun 2020 at 14:28:45 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > 
> > > On 06/01/2020 02:21 PM, Brian wrote:
> > > > On Mon 01 Jun 2020 at 07:01:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Does anyone recall the page I described in my 2nd paragraph?
> > > > 
> > > > It doesn't exist anymore.
> > > > 
> > > > Your knowledge of preseeding should be sufficient to get to where you
> > > > want to be.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > No.
> > > My *EXPLICIT REQUIREMENT* is to produce multiple preseed.cfg files in a
> > > semiautomatic manner.
> > 
> > Your explicit requirement is something you have imposed on yourself.
> 
> True. I have a *PERSONAL* project requiring multiple preseed.cfg files.
> 
> > Why impose it on others in your search for a solution to preseeding?
> 
> That's a _non sequitur_ !
> [q. v. https://literarydevices.net/non-sequitur/ ]

More than likely. :(

Why not have a template file with all expert preseed questions answered.
Then adjust to get multiple preseed.cfg files? That's probably less time
consuming than searching for a non-existent webpage.

-- 
Brian.

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#222984

FromBrian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Date2020-06-01 21:30 +0200
Message-ID<AcYid-34F-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#222970
On Mon 01 Jun 2020 at 07:01:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:

> Does anyone recall the page I described in my 2nd paragraph?

It doesn't exist anymore.

Your knowledge of preseeding should be sufficient to get to where you
want to be.

-- 
Brian.

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