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# To use a preseed file, you'll first need to boot the installer,
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# and tell it what preseed file to use. This is done by passing the
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# kernel a boot parameter, either manually at boot or by editing the
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# syslinux.cfg (or similar) file and adding the parameter to the end
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# of the append line(s) for the kernel.
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# If you're netbooting, use this:
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# preseed/url=http://host/path/to/preseed
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# If you're remastering a CD, you could use this:
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# preseed/file=/cdrom/preseed
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# If you're installing from USB media, use this, and put the preseed file
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# in the toplevel directory of the USB stick.
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# preseed/file=/hd-media/preseed
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# If you feel comfortable modifying the installer's initrd image,
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# you can also place a preseed file in the root directory of the initrd's
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# filesystem, named "preseed.cfg" -- the installer will always use this
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# file if it is present. Otherwise, be sure to copy this file to the location
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# To make sure the installer gets the right preseed file, you can specify
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# a checksum for the file. Currently this needs to be a md5sum, and if
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# specified it must match the file or the installer will refuse to use the
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# preseed/url/checksum=5da499872becccfeda2c4872f9171c3d
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# preseed/file/checksum=5da499872becccfeda2c4872f9171c3d
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# Some parts of the installation process cannot be automated using
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# some forms of preseeding, because the questions are asked before
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# the preseed file is loaded. For example, if the preseed file is
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# downloaded over the network, the network setup must be done first.
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# One reason to use initrd preseeding is that it allows preseeding
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# of even these early steps of the installation process.
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# If a preseed file cannot be used to preseed some steps, the install can
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# still be fully automated, since you can pass preseed values to the kernel
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# on the command line. Just pass path/to/var=value for any of the preseed
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# variables listed below.
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# While you're at it, you may want to throw a debconf/priority=critical in
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# there, to avoid most questions even if the preseeding below misses some.
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# And you might set the timeout to 1 in syslinux.cfg to avoid needing to hit
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# enter to boot the installer.
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# Note that the 2.4 kernel accepts a maximum of 8 command line options and
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# 8 environment options (including any options added by default for the
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# installer). If these numbers are exceeded, 2.4 kernels will drop any
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# excess options and 2.6 kernels will panic. With kernel 2.6.9 or newer,
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# you can use 32 command line options and 32 environment options.
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# Some of the default options, like 'vga=normal' may be safely removed
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# for most installations, which may allow you to add more options for
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# To select your language and country, use this setting, but remember
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# that this will only work for initrd based preseeding, for other forms of
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# preseeding you must convert it into a kernel parameter,
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# such as debian-installer/locale=en_US
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d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US
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# To select your keyboard, use this setting. Again it will need to be
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# passed as a kernel parameter for most preseed setups.
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d-i console-keymaps-at/keymap select us
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#### Network configuration.
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# Of course, this won't work if you're loading your preseed file from the
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# network! But it's great if you're booting from CD or USB stick. You can
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# also pass network config parameters in on the kernel params if you are
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# loading preseed files from the network.
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# netcfg will choose an interface that has link if possible. This makes it
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# skip displaying a list if there is more than one interface.
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d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
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# If you have a slow dhcp server and the installer times out waiting for
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# it, this might be useful.
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#d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 60
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# If you prefer to configure the network manually, here's how:
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#d-i netcfg/disable_dhcp boolean true
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#d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string 192.168.1.1
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#d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string 192.168.1.42
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#d-i netcfg/get_netmask string 255.255.255.0
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#d-i netcfg/get_gateway string 192.168.1.1
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#d-i netcfg/confirm_static boolean true
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# Note that any hostname and domain names assigned from dhcp take
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# precedence over values set here. However, setting the values still
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# prevents the questions from being shown even if values come from dhcp.
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d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
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d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain
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# Disable that annoying WEP key dialog.
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d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string
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# The wacky dhcp hostname that some ISPs use as a password of sorts.
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#d-i netcfg/dhcp_hostname string radish
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#### Mirror settings.
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d-i mirror/country string enter information manually
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d-i mirror/http/hostname string http.us.debian.org
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d-i mirror/http/directory string /debian
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d-i mirror/http/proxy string
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# What suite of Debian to install.
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#d-i mirror/suite string testing
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# What suite of Debian to use for loading installer components.
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# (Defaults to same as mirror/suite.)
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#d-i mirror/udeb/suite string testing
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# If the system has free space you can choose to only partition that space.
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#d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition \
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# select Use the largest continuous free space
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# Alternatively, you can specify a disk to partition. The device name can
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# be given in either devfs or traditional non-devfs format.
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# For example, to use the first disk devfs knows of:
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d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/discs/disc0/disc
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# You can choose from any of the predefined partitioning recipes:
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d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe \
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select All files in one partition (recommended for new users)
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#d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select Desktop machine
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#d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select Multi-user workstation
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# Or provide a recipe of your own...
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# The recipe format is documented in the file devel/partman-auto-recipe.txt.
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# If you have a way to get a recipe file into the d-i environment, you can
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#d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe_file string /hd-media/recipe
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# If not, you can put an entire recipe the preseed file in one (logical)
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# line. This example creates a small /boot partition, suitable swap, and
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# uses the rest of the space for the root partition:
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#d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \
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# $primary{ } $bootable{ } \
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# method{ format } format{ } \
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# use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \
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# mountpoint{ /boot } \
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# 500 10000 1000000000 ext3 \
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# method{ format } format{ } \
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# use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \
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# 64 512 300% linux-swap \
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# method{ swap } format{ } \
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# This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation.
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d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
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d-i partman/choose_partition \
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select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
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d-i partman/confirm boolean true
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#### Boot loader installation.
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# Grub is the default boot loader (for x86). If you want lilo installed
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# instead, uncomment this:
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#d-i grub-installer/skip boolean true
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# This is fairly safe to set, it makes grub install automatically to the MBR
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# if no other operating system is detected on the machine.
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d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
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# This one makes grub-installer install to the MBR if if finds some other OS
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# too, which is less safe as it might not be able to boot that other OS.
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d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true
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# Alternatively, if you want to install to a location other than the mbr,
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# uncomment and edit these lines:
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#d-i grub-installer/bootdev string (hd0,0)
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#d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean false
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#d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean false
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#### Finishing up the first stage install.
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# Avoid that last message about the install being complete.
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d-i prebaseconfig/reboot_in_progress note
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# This will prevent the installer from ejecting the CD during the reboot,
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# which is useful in some situations.
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#d-i cdrom-detect/eject boolean false
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# d-i preseeding is inherently not secure. Nothing in the installer checks
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# for attempts at buffer overflows or other exploits of the values of a
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# preseed file like this one. Only use preseed files from trusted
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# locations! To drive that home, and because it's generally useful, here's
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# a way to run any shell command you'd like inside the installer,
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# This first command is run as early as possible, just after
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# preseeding is read.
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#d-i preseed/early_command string anna-install some-udeb
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# This command is run just before the install finishes, but when there is
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# still a usable /target directory.
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#d-i preseed/late_command string echo foo > /target/etc/bar
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# This command is run just as base-config is starting up.
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#base-config base-config/early_command string echo hi mom
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# This command is run after base-config is done, just before the login:
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# prompt. This is a good way to install a set of packages you want, or to
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# tweak the configuration of the system.
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#base-config base-config/late_command \
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# string apt-get install zsh; chsh -s /bin/zsh
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###### Preseeding the 2nd stage of the installation.
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#### Preseeding base-config.
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# Avoid the introductory message.
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base-config base-config/intro note
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# Avoid the final message.
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base-config base-config/login note
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# If you installed a display manager, but don't want to start it immediately
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# after base-config finishes.
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#base-config base-config/start-display-manager boolean false
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# Some versions of the installer can report back on what you've installed.
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# The default is not to report back, but sending reports helps the project
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# determine what software is most popular and include it on CDs.
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#popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false
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#### Clock and time zone setup.
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# Controls whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC.
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d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
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# You may set this to any valid setting for $TZ; see the contents of
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# /usr/share/zoneinfo/ for options.
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d-i time/zone string US/Eastern
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# To preseed the root password, you have to put it in the clear in this
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# file. That is not a very good idea, use caution!
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#passwd passwd/root-password password r00tme
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#passwd passwd/root-password-again password r00tme
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# If you want to skip creation of a normal user account.
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#passwd passwd/make-user boolean false
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# Alternatively, you can preseed the user's name and login.
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#passwd passwd/user-fullname string Debian User
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#passwd passwd/username string debian
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# And their password, but use caution!
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#passwd passwd/user-password password insecure
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#passwd passwd/user-password-again password insecure
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# This question controls what source the second stage installation uses
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# for packages. Choices are cdrom, http, ftp, filesystem, edit sources list
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base-config apt-setup/uri_type select http
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# If you choose ftp or http, you'll be asked for a country and a mirror.
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base-config apt-setup/country select enter information manually
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base-config apt-setup/hostname string http.us.debian.org
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base-config apt-setup/directory string /debian
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# Stop after choosing one mirror.
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base-config apt-setup/another boolean false
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# You can choose to install non-free and contrib software.
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#base-config apt-setup/non-free boolean true
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#base-config apt-setup/contrib boolean true
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# Do enable security updates.
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base-config apt-setup/security-updates boolean true
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#### Package selection.
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# You can choose to install any combination of tasks that are available.
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# Available tasks as of this writing include: Desktop environment,
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# Web server, Print server, DNS server, File server, Mail server,
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# SQL database, Laptop, Standard system, manual package selection. The
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# last of those will run aptitude. You can also choose to install no
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# tasks, and force the installation of a set of packages in some other
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# way. We recommend always including the Standard system task.
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tasksel tasksel/first multiselect Desktop environment, Standard system
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#tasksel tasksel/first multiselect Web server, Standard system
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#### Mailer configuration.
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# During a normal install, exim asks only a few questions. Here's how to
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# avoid even those. More complicated preseeding is possible.
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exim4-config exim4/dc_eximconfig_configtype \
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select no configuration at this time
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exim4-config exim4/no_config boolean true
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exim4-config exim4/no_config boolean true
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# It's a good idea to set this to whatever user account you choose to
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# create. Leaving the value blank results in postmaster mail going to
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exim4-config exim4/dc_postmaster string
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#### X Configuration.
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# Preseeding Debian's X config is possible, but you probably need to know
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# some details about the video hardware of the machine, since Debian's X
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# configurator does not do fully automatic configuration of everything.
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# X can detect the right driver for some cards, but if you're preseeding,
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# you override whatever it chooses. Still, vesa will work most places.
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#xserver-xfree86 xserver-xfree86/config/device/driver select vesa
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# A caveat with mouse autodetection is that if it fails, X will retry it
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# over and over. So if it's preseeded to be done, there is a possibility of
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# an infinite loop if the mouse is not autodetected.
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#xserver-xfree86 xserver-xfree86/autodetect_mouse boolean true
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# Monitor autodetection is recommended.
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xserver-xfree86 xserver-xfree86/autodetect_monitor boolean true
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# Uncomment if you have an LCD display.
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#xserver-xfree86 xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/lcd boolean true
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# X has three configuration paths for the monitor. Here's how to preseed
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# the "medium" path, which is always available. The "simple" path may not
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# be available, and the "advanced" path asks too many questions.
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xserver-xfree86 xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method \
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xserver-xfree86 xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/mode-list \
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select 1024x768 @ 60 Hz
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#### Everything else.
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# Depending on what software you choose to install, or if things go wrong
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# during the installation process, it's possible that other questions may
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# be asked. You can preseed those too, of course. To get a list of every
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# possible question that could be asked during an install, do an
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# installation, and then run these commands:
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# debconf-get-selections --installer > file
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# debconf-get-selections >> file
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# If you like, you can include other preseed files into this one.
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# Any settings in those files will override pre-existing settings from this
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# file. More that one file can be listed, separated by spaces; all will be
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# loaded. The included files can have preseed/include directives of their
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# own as well. Note that if the filenames are relative, they are taken from
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# the same directory as the preseed file that includes them.
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#d-i preseed/include string x.cfg
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# The installer can optionally verify checksums of preseed files before
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# using them. Currently only md5sums are supported, list the md5sums
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# in the same order as the list of files to include.
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#d-i preseed/include/checksum string 5da499872becccfeda2c4872f9171c3d
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# More flexibly, this runs a shell command and if it outputs the names of
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# preseed files, includes those files.
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#d-i preseed/include_command \
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# string echo if [ "`hostname`" = bob ]; then echo bob.cfg; fi
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# To check the format of your preseed file before performing an install,
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# you can use debconf-set-selections:
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# debconf-set-selections -c preseed.cfg
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