Preseeding Debian (again)

[Paul Lussier]

klussier at comcast.net writes:

>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net>
>> klussier at comcast.net writes:
>> 
>> > Has anyone else used a preseed file with Etch and successfully not
>> > installed any tasks? It worked on Sarge.....
>>
>> Can you explain a little more about what exactly it is you're trying
>> to accomplish?  Are you trying to build an installer for internal
>> machines so that things install quickly in a similar manner, or are
>> you trying to build a customized installer for a Debian-based product ?
>> Or something else entirely?
>
> Yes :-)
>
> I'm creating a Debian installer that installs the very bare minimum
> Debian system as well as a ton of packages that we have created and
> all of their dependancies, which are very specific in the
> versions. It will be used for a few different things:

I'd look into FAI and FAI-CD.  Much better, much more flexible, much
more dynamic, and no mucking around with seeding/pre-seeding,
whatever.

Of course, FAI comes with it's own list of, ahm, idiotsyncrasies shall
we say :) But overall, I think FAI is a huge win for this type of
thing.
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Seeya,
Paul