installer preseed: Choose NIC / continue installation with selected language

[Tom H]

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 5:52 PM, <ubuntu at jluehr.de> wrote:


> I've some trouble preseeding my ubuntu 16.04 install. Do you have any
> idea? The file is at at:
> https://gist.github.com/anonymous/4d7b421ad7eed5fac018dec14753573a

You can set
DEBCONF_DEBUG=5
on the kernel command-line to get verbose output on vt4 to see which
debconf question's blocking.

Some guesses:


> 1. Language
> d-i debian-installer/locale string de_DE
> d-i debian-installer/country DE
> d-i localchooser/translation/warn-light boolean false
>
> But the debian-installer keeps asking, whether it should continue with
> the selected language, although it is incomplete. How do I pre-seed "yes"?

d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select KEYMAP


> 2. NIC-Selection - network related stuff is:
> d-i netcfg/enable boolean true
> d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
> d-i netcfg/disable_dhcp boolean false
>
> But the debian-installer keeps asking fo the interface to be used -
> although the wired one (Intel 82577LM) is the only one having a link.
> What's wrong here?

d-i netcfg/get_hostname string HOSTNAME


> 3. Upgrades - I set:
> unattended-upgrades unattended-upgrades/enable_auto_updates boolean true
> But I'm still asked, whether to use upgrades or the ubuntu landscape.
> How to do I preseed automatic updates

No idea.