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| author | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2014-07-16 19:39:16 +0000 |
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| committer | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2014-07-16 19:39:16 +0000 |
| commit | bd6a598e2a0ebbfc55016216501184091a30e2cb (patch) | |
| tree | 090380475509f6d9f6bb60a79f38db30ca3939bc | |
| parent | aa24c9f313f49c2107355ffe0305f212cc3c040b (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-bd6a598e2a0ebbfc55016216501184091a30e2cb.zip | |
Emphasize about the issue of language/keyboard being by default asked before disk and network preseeding.
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/appendix/preseed.xml | 11 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 98a2707b0..7a1665a01 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ installation-guide (201312xx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * Reference the DEBIAN_FRONTEND parameter in the accessibility section. * Do not document a "d-i keymap" alias, it does not work, only the bootcommand keymap alias works. + * Emphasize about the issue of language/keyboard being by default asked before + disk and network preseeding. [ Karsten Merker ] * Update and extend the "Supported Hardware" section for armel diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml index ba3f9f41d..9780ec699 100644 --- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml +++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml @@ -123,17 +123,18 @@ even asked. For file preseeding this is after the CD or CD image has been loaded. For network preseeding it is only after the network has been configured. -</para><para> +</para><important><para> Obviously, any questions that have been processed before the preconfiguration file is loaded cannot be preseeded (this will include questions that are only displayed at medium or low priority, like the -first hardware detection run). <xref linkend="preseed-bootparms"/> -offers a way to avoid these questions being asked. +first hardware detection run). A not so convenient way to avoid these +question from being asked is to preseed them through the boot parameters, +as described in <xref linkend="preseed-bootparms"/>. </para><para> -In order to avoid the questions that would normally appear before the +In order to easily avoid the questions that would normally appear before the preseeding occurs, you can start the installer in <quote>auto</quote> mode. This delays questions that would normally be asked too early for preseeding (i.e. language, country and keyboard selection) until after @@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ the network comes up, thus allowing them to be preseeded. It also runs the installation at critical priority, which avoids many unimportant questions. See <xref linkend="preseed-auto"/> for details. -</para> +</para></important> </sect2> <sect2 id="preseed-limitations"> |