From 7467e5a7f39ea4c69221041aa19cb79fa571dd39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 20:20:24 +0000
Subject: Update of original English documents

---
 nl/appendix/preseed.xml | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

(limited to 'nl/appendix')

diff --git a/nl/appendix/preseed.xml b/nl/appendix/preseed.xml
index 396197822..39dea00c4 100644
--- a/nl/appendix/preseed.xml
+++ b/nl/appendix/preseed.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking -->
-<!-- original version: 42377 untranslated -->
+<!-- original version: 42982 untranslated -->
 
 <!--
 Be carefull with the format of this file as it is parsed to generate
@@ -292,14 +292,30 @@ Note that <filename>preseed/url</filename> can be shortened to just
   </sect2>
   
   <sect2 id="preseed-bootparms">
-  <title>Using boot parameters to supplement preseeding</title>
+  <title>Using boot parameters to preseed questions</title>
 <para>
 
 If a preconfiguration file cannot be used to preseed some steps, the
 install can still be fully automated, since you can pass preseed values on
-the command line when booting the installer. Just pass
-<userinput>path/to/var=value</userinput> for any of the preseed variables
-listed in the examples.
+the command line when booting the installer.
+
+</para><para>
+
+Boot parameters can also be used if you do not really want to use preseeding,
+but just want to provide an answer for a specific question. Some examples where
+this can be useful are documented elsewhere in this manual.
+
+</para><para>
+
+To set a value to be used inside &d-i;, just pass
+<userinput><replaceable>path/to/variable</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></userinput>
+for any of the preseed variables listed in the examples in this appendix.
+If a value is to be used to configure packages for the target system, you
+will need to prepend the <firstterm>owner</firstterm> of the variable as in
+<userinput><replaceable>owner</replaceable>:<replaceable>path/to/variable</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></userinput>.
+If you don't specify the owner, the value for the variable will not be
+copied to the debconf database in the target system and thus remain unused
+during the configuration of the relevant package.
 
 </para><para>
 
@@ -308,7 +324,8 @@ have a shorter alias. If an alias is available, it is used in the
 examples in this appendix instead of the full variable.  In
 particular, the <literal>preseed/url</literal> variable has been
 aliased as <literal>url</literal> and has some extra magic to allow
-shortened urls to be used.
+shortened urls to be used. Another example is the <literal>tasks</literal>
+alias, which translates to <literal>tasksel:tasksel/first</literal>.
 
 </para><para>
 
@@ -1015,7 +1032,9 @@ earlier questions. You can optionally add other (local) repositories.
 #d-i apt-setup/local0/comment string local server
 # Enable deb-src lines
 #d-i apt-setup/local0/source boolean true
-# URL to the public key of the local repository
+# URL to the public key of the local repository; you must provide a key or
+# apt will complain about the unauthenticated repository and so the
+# sources.list line will be left commented out
 #d-i apt-setup/local0/key string http://local.server/key
 </screen></informalexample>
 
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