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Is there a way to presee the installation of Debian?
This makes it possible to fully automate most types of installation and even offers some features not available during normal installations. Most of the questions asked by DebianInstaller can be preseeded by setting the answers in the debconf database.
Which is an example of a preseed file in Debian?
Here is an example of a Debian preseed file. The installation guide provides additional details about the syntax and meaning of each field. ⚠ A preseed file is not a shell script, despite the syntax looking similar (comments with #, continued lines with backslash). It may not contain if tests, variables, etc.
Where can I find the logs for debianinstaller?
The DebianInstaller logs the answers given during an interactive installation which can then be used to preseed a noninteractive installation. Those logs can be accessed by giving the –installer option to debconf-get-selections. More information can be found in chapter B.3 of the installation guide.
What kind of files does the debianinstaller use?
As part of its construction the DebianInstaller uses udeb files. These files are similar to normal.debs and have a control section which may contain a file called templates which, amongst other things, contains questions which can be asked during the installation. The answers to these questions can, in many cases, be preseeded.
Can a Debian Installer read a.deb file?
No it doesn’t. Seems that the Debian installer can’t read a .deb file or by putting it on the USB stick as explained during the installation, I didn’t do it right, ya know, copying a file to a USB stick. Seems that I didn’t put the firmware file into a folder called firmware on the USB stick.
How to install Broadcom firmware on Debian?
I managed to download firmware-b43-installer_019-3_all.deb which appears to be the Debian package for all the Broadcom cards from what I can tell. Reading further it says to put that on a USB stick and pop it in during installation and it will find it.