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[SOLVED] Choosing "Debian Installer" option by headless/CLI?

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_nobody_
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[SOLVED] Choosing "Debian Installer" option by headless/CLI?

#1 Post by _nobody_ »

Hello to everyone,

After some time, I have figured out all the parts for:
How to run a pre-seeding config with Debian Installer (d-i)?
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=137198

But one, very last item, is for me still a mystery?! I could not run complete installation as headless, since I get the following GFX while installing Debian from .iso:
Debian GNU/Linux Live (kernel 4.9.0-6-amd64) <<======= Default Option
Debian Live with Localisation Support
Graphical Debian Installer
Debian Installer
Debian Installer with Speech Synthesis
I would like to bypass headless this phase, so the thread of execution will continue uninterruptible from .iso, running preseed.cfg file!

The above menu actually comes from .iso, from /boot/grub/grub.cfg which looks similar (simplified) to this content:

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menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux Live (kernel 4.9.0-6-amd64)" {
  linux  /live/vmlinuz-4.9.0-6-amd64 boot=live components "${loopback}"
  initrd /live/initrd.img-4.9.0-6-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian Live with Localisation Support" {
  linux  /live/vmlinuz-4.9.0-6-amd64 boot=live components "${loopback}"
  initrd /live/initrd.img-4.9.0-6-amd64
}
menuentry "Graphical Debian Installer" {
  linux  /d-i/gtk/vmlinuz append video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=788 "${loopback}"
  initrd /d-i/gtk/initrd.gz
}
menuentry "Debian Installer" {
  linux  /d-i/vmlinuz  "${loopback}"
  initrd /d-i/initrd.gz
}
menuentry "Debian Installer with Speech Synthesis" {
  linux  /d-i/gtk/vmlinuz speakup.synth=soft "${loopback}"
  initrd /d-i/gtk/initrd.gz
}
Question here: how I can choose menuentry "Debian Installer" option using headless option/command line? Does out there such an opportunity exist??? :mrgreen:

Thank you,
_nobody_
Last edited by _nobody_ on 2018-04-24 07:30, edited 1 time in total.

_nobody_
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Joined: 2018-04-10 02:07

Re: How to choose "Debian Installer" Option using headless/C

#2 Post by _nobody_ »

The solution to this problem is the following: I need to modify the ISO to set the "Debian Installer" as default in the grub.cfg

_nobody_
Last edited by _nobody_ on 2018-04-15 11:53, edited 1 time in total.

Wheelerof4te
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Re: How to choose "Debian Installer" Option using headless/C

#3 Post by Wheelerof4te »

What I am doing wrong here???
Everything. At the netinstaller boot screen, you have the option of choosing either "Graphical Install" or just "Install". Choose "Install" for CLI-like installer.

If that's not what you want, maybe you should change the title to something more comprehensible.

_nobody_
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Re: How to choose "Debian Installer" Option using headless/C

#4 Post by _nobody_ »

This thread is resolved. Please, admins, make it resolved (I was very ignorant posting this one, I must admit :shock:), and please, if possible also lock it!

Well, thinking is a process... Requires some time, some work/testing, and lot of patience! :mrgreen:

Thank you,
_nobody_

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Re: How to choose "Debian Installer" Option using headless/C

#5 Post by jibberjabber »

You can edit your first post, in the subject line, add solved to it, in this case you will need to shorten up the subject title though:
How to choose "Debian Installer" Option using headless/CLI?
Is to long, maybe :

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