Testing CD preseed oops

[Charles Curley]

I have the latest testing netinst (20240722-03:17), and would like to
install it on a virtual machine. I have a preseed file on a USB stick.
As this is a virtual machine, the virtual hard drive is at vda, and the
USB stick shows up at sda.

When I go to load the debconf file, the installer doesn't find it. I
then go to a console and manually mount the USB stick on /media. I can
then ls the stick, more the preseed file, etc. When I then go back to
the installer, it still cannot find the preseed file, and the USB stick
has been unmounted.

This has worked in the past.

I boot from the help screen with the command line:

expert auto file=/media/preseed.cfg

I notice that the error message indicates that the installer failed to
process "file:///media/preseed.cfg" (note the three slashes).

[john doe]

Post by Charles Curley
I have the latest testing netinst (20240722-03:17), and would like to
install it on a virtual machine. I have a preseed file on a USB stick.
As this is a virtual machine, the virtual hard drive is at vda, and the
USB stick shows up at sda.
When I go to load the debconf file, the installer doesn't find it. I
then go to a console and manually mount the USB stick on /media. I can
then ls the stick, more the preseed file, etc. When I then go back to
the installer, it still cannot find the preseed file, and the USB stick
has been unmounted.
This has worked in the past.
expert auto file=/media/preseed.cfg
I notice that the error message indicates that the installer failed to
process "file:///media/preseed.cfg" (note the three slashes).

I guess, this would be more for the debian-boot mailing list, as
apparently this is a regression.

In my case, I use the Qemu's built-in tftp server.

--
John Doe

[Charles Curley]

On Sun, 28 Jul 2024 22:39:47 +0200

Post by john doe
I guess, this would be more for the debian-boot mailing list, as
apparently this is a regression.

Thank you. I have re-sent. (rather than resented :-)

Post by john doe
In my case, I use the Qemu's built-in tftp server.

Thanks for the suggestion. I have used a tftp server (not qemu's) in the
past, but that requires the network working before the installer can
read the preseed file, and that means no preseeding the network.