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diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
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+++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
@@ -489,13 +489,20 @@ booting from CD or USB stick. If you are loading preseed files from
the network, you can pass network config parameters in using kernel
boot parameters.
-</para>
+</para><para>
+
+If you need to pick a particular interface when netbooting before loading
+a preseed file from the network, use a boot parameter such as
+<userinput>netcfg/choose_interface=<replaceable>eth1</replaceable></userinput>.
<informalexample role="example"><screen>
# netcfg will choose an interface that has link if possible. This makes it
# skip displaying a list if there is more than one interface.
d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
+# To pick a particular interface instead:
+#d-i netcfg/choose_interface select eth1
+
# If you have a slow dhcp server and the installer times out waiting for
# it, this might be useful.
#d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 60