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preseed

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[[Debian]]

https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/index.en.html

Appendix B. Automating the installation using preseeding

Here is my preseed.cfg I used to install Debian 12.4 on [Hyper-V].

  • lang is English
  • country is Japan
  • keymap is jp
  • tz is utc
  • nic ipv4 static address
  • root user password set
  • user name and password set
  • disk is lvm simple
  • installation packages are standard and ssh
preseed.cfg
# static nic configuration
d-i preseed/early_command string kill-all-dhcp; netcfg

# language, keymap, and locale
d-i debian-installer/language string en
d-i debian-installer/country string JP
d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US.UTF-8
d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select jp

# nic
d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
d-i netcfg/use_autoconfig boolean false
d-i netcfg/disable_autoconfig boolean true
d-i netcfg/disable_dhcp boolean true
d-i netcfg/dhcp_failed note
d-i netcfg/dhcp_options select Configure network manually
d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string 192.168.1.71
d-i netcfg/get_netmask string 255.255.255.0
d-i netcfg/get_gateway string 192.168.1.1
d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string 192.168.1.55 192.168.1.59
d-i netcfg/confirm_static boolean true
d-i netcfg/get_hostname string vcp
d-i netcfg/get_domain string v.blink-1x52.net
d-i netcfg/hostname string vcp
d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string

# hardware firmware
d-i hw-detect/firmware-lookup string never
d-i hw-detect/load_firmware boolean false

# apt mirror and proxy
d-i mirror/country string manual
d-i mirror/http/hostname string deb.debian.org
d-i mirror/http/directory string /debian
d-i mirror/http/proxy string

# root
# generate password string using mkpasswd
d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password {root password crypted string using mkpasswd here}

# user
d-i passwd/user-fullname string {username here}
d-i passwd/username string {username here}
d-i passwd/user-password-crypted password {user password crypted string using mkpasswd here}

# clock, ntp
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
d-i time/zone string UTC
d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true

# disk
d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-md/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true

# package installation - standard and ssh-server
d-i apt-setup/cdrom/set-first boolean false
tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, ssh-server

# grub
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true

# done
d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note