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Re: Preseed Bug or User Error?

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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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Preseed Bug or User Error? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-03-02 00:30 +0100
  Re: Preseed Bug or User Error? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-03-02 11:30 +0100
    Re: Preseed Bug or User Error? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-03-02 19:20 +0100
      Re: Preseed Bug or User Error? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-03-02 19:50 +0100
        Re: Preseed Bug or User Error? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-03-04 00:20 +0100
          Re: Preseed Bug or User Error? john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2021-03-04 09:00 +0100

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