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#### Contents of the preconfiguration file (for squeeze)

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### Localization

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# Preseeding only locale sets language, country and locale.

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d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US

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# The values can also be preseeded individually for greater flexibility.

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#d-i debian-installer/language string en

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#d-i debian-installer/country string NL

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#d-i debian-installer/locale string en_GB.UTF-8

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# Optionally specify additional locales to be generated.

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#d-i localechooser/supported-locales en_US.UTF-8, nl_NL.UTF-8

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# Keyboard selection.

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#d-i console-tools/archs select at

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d-i console-keymaps-at/keymap select us

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

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# Example for a different keyboard architecture

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#d-i console-keymaps-usb/keymap select mac-usb-us

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### Network configuration

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# Disable network configuration entirely. This is useful for cdrom

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# installations on non-networked devices where the network questions,

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# warning and long timeouts are a nuisance.

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#d-i netcfg/enable boolean false

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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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# To pick a particular interface instead:

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#d-i netcfg/choose_interface select eth1

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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, uncomment this line and

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# the static network configuration below.

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#d-i netcfg/disable_dhcp boolean true

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# If you want the preconfiguration file to work on systems both with and

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# without a dhcp server, uncomment these lines and the static network

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# configuration below.

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#d-i netcfg/dhcp_failed note

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#d-i netcfg/dhcp_options select Configure network manually

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# Static network configuration.

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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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# Any hostname and domain names assigned from dhcp take precedence over

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# values set here. However, setting the values still prevents the questions

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# 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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# If non-free firmware is needed for the network or other hardware, you can

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# configure the installer to always try to load it, without prompting. Or

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# change to false to disable asking.

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#d-i hw-detect/load_firmware boolean true

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### Network console

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# Use the following settings if you wish to make use of the network-console

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# component for remote installation over SSH. This only makes sense if you

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# intend to perform the remainder of the installation manually.

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#d-i anna/choose_modules string network-console

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#d-i network-console/password password r00tme

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#d-i network-console/password-again password r00tme

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### Mirror settings

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# If you select ftp, the mirror/country string does not need to be set.

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#d-i mirror/protocol string ftp

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d-i mirror/country string manual

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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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# Suite to install.

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#d-i mirror/suite string testing

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# Suite to use for loading installer components (optional).

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#d-i mirror/udeb/suite string testing

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### Account setup

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# Skip creation of a root account (normal user account will be able to

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# use sudo).

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#d-i passwd/root-login boolean false

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# Alternatively, to skip creation of a normal user account.

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#d-i passwd/make-user boolean false

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# Root password, either in clear text

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#d-i passwd/root-password password r00tme

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#d-i passwd/root-password-again password r00tme

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# or encrypted using an MD5 hash.

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#d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password [MD5 hash]

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# To create a normal user account.

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#d-i passwd/user-fullname string Debian User

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#d-i passwd/username string debian

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# Normal user's password, either in clear text

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#d-i passwd/user-password password insecure

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#d-i passwd/user-password-again password insecure

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# or encrypted using an MD5 hash.

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#d-i passwd/user-password-crypted password [MD5 hash]

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# Create the first user with the specified UID instead of the default.

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#d-i passwd/user-uid string 1010

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# The user account will be added to some standard initial groups. To

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# override that, use this.

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#d-i passwd/user-default-groups string audio cdrom video

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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 valid values.

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d-i time/zone string US/Eastern

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# Controls whether to use NTP to set the clock during the install

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d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true

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# NTP server to use. The default is almost always fine here.

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#d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string ntp.example.com

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### Partitioning

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## Partitioning example

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# If the system has free space you can choose to only partition that space.

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# This is only honoured if partman-auto/method (below) is not set.

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#d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select biggest_free

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# Alternatively, you may specify a disk to partition. If the system has only

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# one disk the installer will default to using that, but otherwise the device

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# name must be given in traditional, non-devfs format (so e.g. /dev/hda or

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# /dev/sda, and not e.g. /dev/discs/disc0/disc).

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# For example, to use the first SCSI/SATA hard disk:

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#d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda

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# In addition, you'll need to specify the method to use.

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# The presently available methods are:

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# - regular: use the usual partition types for your architecture

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# - lvm:     use LVM to partition the disk

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# - crypto:  use LVM within an encrypted partition

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d-i partman-auto/method string lvm

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# If one of the disks that are going to be automatically partitioned

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# contains an old LVM configuration, the user will normally receive a

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# warning. This can be preseeded away...

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d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true

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# The same applies to pre-existing software RAID array:

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d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true

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# And the same goes for the confirmation to write the lvm partitions.

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d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true

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# You can choose one of the three predefined partitioning recipes:

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# - atomic: all files in one partition

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# - home:   separate /home partition

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# - multi:  separate /home, /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions

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d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic

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# Or provide a recipe of your own...

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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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# just point at it.

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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 into the preconfiguration file in one

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# (logical) line. This example creates a small /boot partition, suitable

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# swap, and 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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#      boot-root ::                                            \

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#              40 50 100 ext3                                  \

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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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#              .                                               \

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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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#                      mountpoint{ / }                         \

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#              .                                               \

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#              64 512 300% linux-swap                          \

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#                      method{ swap } format{ }                \

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#              .

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# The full recipe format is documented in the file partman-auto-recipe.txt

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# included in the 'debian-installer' package or available from D-I source

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# repository. This also documents how to specify settings such as file

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# system labels, volume group names and which physical devices to include

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# in a volume group.

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# This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided

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# that you told it what to do using one of the methods above.

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d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true

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d-i partman/choose_partition select finish

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d-i partman/confirm boolean true

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d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true

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## Partitioning using RAID

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# The method should be set to "raid".

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#d-i partman-auto/method string raid

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# Specify the disks to be partitioned. They will all get the same layout,

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# so this will only work if the disks are the same size.

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#d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda /dev/sdb

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# Next you need to specify the physical partitions that will be used. 

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#d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \

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#      multiraid ::                                         \

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#              1000 5000 4000 raid                          \

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#                      $primary{ } method{ raid }           \

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#              .                                            \

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#              64 512 300% raid                             \

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#                      method{ raid }                       \

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#              .                                            \

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#              500 10000 1000000000 raid                    \

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#                      method{ raid }                       \

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#              .

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# Last you need to specify how the previously defined partitions will be

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# used in the RAID setup. Remember to use the correct partition numbers

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# for logical partitions. RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10 are supported;

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# devices are separated using "#".

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# Parameters are:

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# <raidtype> <devcount> <sparecount> <fstype> <mountpoint> \

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#          <devices> <sparedevices>

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#d-i partman-auto-raid/recipe string \

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#    1 2 0 ext3 /                    \

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#          /dev/sda1#/dev/sdb1       \

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#    .                               \

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#    1 2 0 swap -                    \

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#          /dev/sda5#/dev/sdb5       \

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#    .                               \

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#    0 2 0 ext3 /home                \

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#          /dev/sda6#/dev/sdb6       \

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#    .

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# For additional information see the file partman-auto-raid-recipe.txt

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# included in the 'debian-installer' package or available from D-I source

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# repository.

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# This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation.

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d-i partman-md/confirm boolean true

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d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true

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d-i partman/choose_partition select finish

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d-i partman/confirm boolean true

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d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true

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## Controlling how partitions are mounted

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# The default is to mount by UUID, but you can also choose "traditional" to

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# use traditional device names, or "label" to try filesystem labels before

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# falling back to UUIDs.

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#d-i partman/mount_style select uuid

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### Base system installation

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# Configure APT to not install recommended packages by default. Use of this

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# option can result in an incomplete system and should only be used by very

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# experienced users.

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#d-i base-installer/install-recommends boolean false

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# Select the initramfs generator used to generate the initrd for 2.6 kernels.

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#d-i base-installer/kernel/linux/initramfs-generators string initramfs-tools

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# The kernel image (meta) package to be installed; "none" can be used if no

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# kernel is to be installed.

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#d-i base-installer/kernel/image string linux-image-2.6-486

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### Apt setup

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# You can choose to install non-free and contrib software.

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#d-i apt-setup/non-free boolean true

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#d-i apt-setup/contrib boolean true

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# Uncomment this if you don't want to use a network mirror.

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#d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean false

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# Select which update services to use; define the mirrors to be used.

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# Values shown below are the normal defaults.

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#d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect security, volatile

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#d-i apt-setup/security_host string security.debian.org

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#d-i apt-setup/volatile_host string volatile.debian.org

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# Additional repositories, local[0-9] available

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#d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string \

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#       http://local.server/debian stable main

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#d-i apt-setup/local0/comment string local server

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# Enable deb-src lines

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#d-i apt-setup/local0/source boolean true

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# URL to the public key of the local repository; you must provide a key or

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# apt will complain about the unauthenticated repository and so the

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# sources.list line will be left commented out

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#d-i apt-setup/local0/key string http://local.server/key

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# By default the installer requires that repositories be authenticated

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# using a known gpg key. This setting can be used to disable that

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# authentication. Warning: Insecure, not recommended.

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#d-i debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated boolean true

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### Package selection

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#tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, web-server

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# If the desktop task is selected, install the kde and xfce desktops

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# instead of the default gnome desktop.

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#tasksel tasksel/desktop multiselect kde, xfce

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# Individual additional packages to install

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#d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server build-essential

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# Whether to upgrade packages after debootstrap.

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# Allowed values: none, safe-upgrade, full-upgrade

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#d-i pkgsel/upgrade select none

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# Some versions of the installer can report back on what software you have

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# installed, and what software you use. The default is not to report back,

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# but sending reports helps the project determine what software is most

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# popular and include it on CDs.

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#popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false

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### Finishing up the installation

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# During installations from serial console, the regular virtual consoles

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# (VT1-VT6) are normally disabled in /etc/inittab. Uncomment the next

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#d-i finish-install/keep-consoles boolean true

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# Avoid that last message about the install being complete.

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d-i finish-install/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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# This is how to make the installer shutdown when finished, but not

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# reboot into the installed system.

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#d-i debian-installer/exit/halt boolean true

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# This will power off the machine instead of just halting it.

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#d-i debian-installer/exit/poweroff boolean true

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### Preseeding other packages

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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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#### Advanced options

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### Running custom commands during the installation

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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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# preconfiguration file like this one. Only use preconfiguration files from

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# trusted locations! To drive that home, and because it's generally useful,

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# here's a way to run any shell command you'd like inside the installer,

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# automatically.

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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 immediately before the partitioner starts. It may be

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# useful to apply dynamic partitioner preseeding that depends on the state

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# of the disks (which may not be visible when preseed/early_command runs).

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#d-i partman/early_command \

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#       string debconf-set partman-auto/disk "$(list-devices disk | head -n1)"

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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. You can chroot to /target and use it

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# directly, or use the apt-install and in-target commands to easily install

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# packages and run commands in the target system.

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#d-i preseed/late_command string apt-install zsh; in-target chsh -s /bin/zsh

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