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-rw-r--r--debian/changelog2
-rw-r--r--en/appendix/preseed.xml7
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index dfcdb2ad7..e451e3196 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ installation-guide (2008xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
[ Colin Watson ]
* Spell "multiselect" correctly in apt-setup/services-select preseeding
example.
+ * Note that an empty preseed file is equivalent to a normal manual
+ installation (thanks, Nathan Sutton).
-- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:22:07 +0100
diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
index 1baf860fd..16559034a 100644
--- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml
+++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ the installation is running. This makes it possible to fully automate most
types of installation and even offers some features not available during
normal installations.
+</para><para>
+
+Preseeding is not required. If you use an empty preseed file, the installer
+will behave just the same way as in a normal manual installation. Each
+question you preseed will (if you got it right!) modify the installation in
+some way from that baseline.
+
</para>
<sect2 id="preseed-methods">