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authorColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2009-01-14 14:09:31 +0000
committerColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2009-01-14 14:09:31 +0000
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Add note about preseeding ownership to preseed-seenflag section, since I
had a user confused by this who hadn't found the note elsewhere explaining owners.
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@@ -1442,6 +1442,11 @@ setting the parameter <classname>preseed/interactive=true</classname> at
the boot prompt. This can also be useful for testing or debugging your
preconfiguration file.
+Note that the <quote>d-i</quote> owner should only be used for variables
+used in the installer itself. For variables belonging to packages installed
+on the target system, you should use the name of that package instead. See
+the footnote to <xref linkend="preseed-bootparms"/>.
+
</para><para>
If you are preseeding using boot parameters, you can make the installer ask