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Appendix B. Automating the installation using preseeding
This appendix explains how to preseed answers to questions in debian-installer to automate your installation.
The configuration fragments used in this appendix are also available as an example preconfiguration file from ../example-preseed.txt.
B.1. Introduction
B.1. IntroductionB.1.1. Preseeding methodsB.1.2. LimitationsB.1.3. Debconf basicsB.2. Using preseedingB.2.1. Loading the preconfiguration fileB.2.2. Using boot parameters to preseed questionsB.2.3. Auto modeB.2.4. Aliases useful with preseedingB.2.5. Using a DHCP server to specify preconfiguration filesB.3. Creating a preconfiguration fileB.4. Contents of the preconfiguration file (for bionic)B.4.1. LocalizationB.4.2. Network configurationB.4.3. Network consoleB.4.4. Mirror settingsB.4.5. Account setupB.4.6. Clock and time zone setupB.4.7. 64bit ARM specific disk storageB.4.8. PartitioningB.4.8.1. Partitioning exampleB.4.8.2. Partitioning using RAIDB.4.8.3. Controlling how partitions are mountedB.4.9. Base system installationB.4.10. Apt setupB.4.11. Package selectionB.4.12. Finishing up the installationB.4.13. Preseeding other packagesB.5. Advanced optionsB.5.1. Running custom commands during the installationB.5.2. Using preseeding to change default valuesB.5.3. Chainloading preconfiguration files