Ben DJ
2010-Apr-21 17:36 UTC
[Pkg-xen-devel] Launching a Debian Xen Guest using a nfs://.../preseed.cfg -- the config is not found/used ?
Hi, I'm installing Debian as a Xen Guest on a non-Debian Xen host. Using, xm create \ -c ./xm-debian.cfg \ install=true \ install-method="network" \ install-mirror=ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian \ install-arch=amd64 \ install-suite=squeeze \ install-kernel=./vmlinuz \ install-ramdisk=./initrd.gz I can get to the manual installer and stepwise do the install. I'd like to setup a preseed-based autoinstall. I've created a first/simple preseed file & made it available on an nfs:// volume. Reading @ (are there better / more recent docs?), http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist at lists.debian.org/msg136362.html suggests, " ... You can pass a NFS path in the form of nfs://$host/$path/$file and network-preseed will mount the NFS share and copy the file to d-i ..." Not really sure where/how to put this, I try adding to the above 'xm create ...', ... \ install-extra="url=nfs://192.168.1.2/srv/preseed.cfg" At guest launch, I get no apparent error -- but, the pressed file is not found/used. What's the right syntax to use here to get the Xen Guest's installed to see/use the nfs-available preseed file? Thanks, BenDJ