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| author | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2007-02-11 22:51:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2007-02-11 22:51:40 +0000 |
| commit | 21f35913e0b0a0b0cc744ef78011150a899796dd (patch) | |
| tree | 57ebaafdd4d8be5261a94503e50a087ce83c585d /en | |
| parent | c10839656367fd0f59161d588c2b5c560ae5ce96 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-21f35913e0b0a0b0cc744ef78011150a899796dd.zip | |
Review of interactive preseed changes
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| -rw-r--r-- | en/appendix/preseed.xml | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/boot-installer/parameters.xml | 7 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml index b27c27745..a8c8ce180 100644 --- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml +++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml @@ -1369,12 +1369,14 @@ d-i foo/bar string value d-i foo/bar seen false </screen></informalexample> -Or if you are preseeding via boot parameters, you can archieve the same -result by using the <quote>?=</quote> operator. +The same effect can be achieved for <emphasis>all</emphasis> questions by +setting the parameter <classname>preseed/interactive=true</classname> at +the boot prompt. This can also be useful for testing or debugging your +preconfiguration file. -<informalexample><screen> -foo/bar?=value -</screen></informalexample> +If you are preseeding using boot parameters, you can make the installer ask +the corresponding question by using the <quote>?=</quote> operator, i.e. +<userinput><replaceable>foo</replaceable>/<replaceable>bar</replaceable>?=<replaceable>value</replaceable></userinput>. This will of course only have effect for parameters that correspond to questions that are actually displayed during an installation and not for @@ -1382,11 +1384,6 @@ questions that are actually displayed during an installation and not for </para><para> -The same effect can be achieved for <emphasis>all</emphasis> questions by -setting the parameter <classname>preseed/interactive=true</classname> at -the boot prompt. This can also be useful for testing or debugging your -preconfiguration file. - </para> </sect2> diff --git a/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml b/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml index 71dd58815..2ac351051 100644 --- a/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml +++ b/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml @@ -322,10 +322,9 @@ automating the install. See <xref linkend="automatic-install"/>. Set to <userinput>true</userinput> to display questions even if they have been preseeded. Can be useful for testing or debugging a preconfiguration -file. See <xref linkend="preseed-seenflag"/>. Note that this parameter does -not apply retroactively to other parameters defined before in your preseed -file. Also, results on boot parameters (wether preseed/interactive itself -is a boot parameter or not) are undefined. +file. Note that this will have no effect on parameters that are passed as +boot parameters, but for those a special syntax can be used. +See <xref linkend="preseed-seenflag"/> for details. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> |