hands off install

Carl Karsten carl at personnelware.com
Mon Mar 21 10:10:05 CST 2005


Corrections

>  >> 2. Is a hands off install currently available, or is that beyond the 
> scope of the current project?
> 
>  > What's the difference between preseeding and "hands off install"?
> 
> Hitting Enter at the boot: prompt, 
taken care of by
timeout 50

> selecting Network settings, 
taken care of by
debconf/priority=critical
(unless there are 2 nics)

> hitting Enter at the "Remove media and reboot", 
taken care of by
# Avoid the final message.
base-config	base-config/login	note

> and possibly more questions 
> after the reboot, like "pick nearest mirror."
I think this is still an issue (testing now.)

I was prompted for "enter valid resolutions".  It defaulted to 640, 800, 
and 1024 - so Tab, OK was all that was needed.


# Monitor autodetection is recommended.
xserver-xorg		xserver-xorg/autodetect_monitor	boolean true
# Uncomment if you have a LCD display.
#xserver-xorg	xserver-xorg/config/monitor/lcd	boolean true
# X has three configuration paths for the monitor. Here's how to preseed
# the "medium" path, which is always available. The "simple" path may not
# be available, and the "advanced" path asks too many questions.
xserver-xorg	xserver-xorg/config/monitor/selection-method	select medium
xserver-xorg	xserver-xorg/config/monitor/mode-list	select 1024x768 @ 60 Hz







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