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| author | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2009-11-16 12:52:26 +0000 |
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| committer | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2009-11-16 12:52:26 +0000 |
| commit | 0644fb823e179c502336f3c85b56c2724f4d55d3 (patch) | |
| tree | 15b87994e6b64d3a58f4a9fcdab08505d8b4317a /en/appendix | |
| parent | fdb6ff703a0650c2d41f75acdf0f594ae8264709 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-0644fb823e179c502336f3c85b56c2724f4d55d3.zip | |
Document support for separate preseeding of language, country and locale
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| -rw-r--r-- | en/appendix/preseed.xml | 26 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml index 1d12a99d0..bf5d9e3f8 100644 --- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml +++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml @@ -529,6 +529,8 @@ always need to specify a value as well: for example, <row><entry>auto</entry><entry>auto-install/enable</entry></row> <row><entry>classes</entry><entry>auto-install/classes</entry></row> <row><entry>fb</entry><entry>debian-installer/framebuffer</entry></row> +<row><entry>language</entry><entry>debian-installer/language</entry></row> +<row><entry>country</entry><entry>debian-installer/country</entry></row> <row><entry>locale</entry><entry>debian-installer/locale</entry></row> <row><entry>priority</entry><entry>debconf/priority</entry></row> <row><entry>file</entry><entry>preseed/file</entry></row> @@ -725,9 +727,31 @@ select a locale that is valid for the selected language. To specify the locale as a boot parameter, use <userinput>locale=<replaceable>en_US</replaceable></userinput>. +</para><para> + +Although this method is very easy to use, it does not allow preseeding of +all possible combinations of language, country and locale<footnote> + +<para> +Preseeding <literal>locale</literal> to <userinput>en_NL</userinput> would +for example result in <literal>en_US.UTF-8</literal> as default locale for +the installed system. If e.g. <literal>en_GB.UTF-8</literal> is preferred +instead, the values will need to be preseeded individually. +</para> + +</footnote>. So alternatively the values can be preseeded individually. +Language and country can also be specified as boot parameters. + <informalexample role="example"><screen> -# Locale sets language and country. +# Preseeding only locale sets language, country and locale. d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US + +# The values can also be preseeded individually for greater flexibility. +#d-i debian-installer/language string en +#d-i debian-installer/country string NL +#d-i debian-installer/locale string en_GB.UTF-8 +# Optionally specify additional locales to be generated. +#d-i localechooser/supported-locales en_US.UTF-8, nl_NL.UTF-8 </screen></informalexample> </para><para> |