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working preseed for debian testing
###
#
# Preseed for a Debian based machine on kvm
#
# Boot this file with: press TAB on the installer
# add the following to the boot parameters:
#
# install keymap=en_US locale=en_US netcfg/get_hostname=testserve \
# netcfg/get_domain=carfax.eu preseed/url=http://192.168.XXX.XXX:8000/wheezy.preseed
#
#
# see
####
#### Contents of the preconfiguration file (for wheezy)
### Localization
d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US.UTF-8
d-i debian-installer/keymap select us
d-i keymap select us
### Network configuration
d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
#
# THIS IS IGNORED UNFORTUNATELY IN DEBIAN TESTING!
#
# set the server name and domain using kernel parameters as mentioned above
#
# https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pxe/+bug/499140
# d-i netcfg/hostname string vagrant-debian-wheezy
# d-i netcfg/hostname seen true
#
# d-i netcfg/get_domain string vagrantup.com
# d-i netcfg/get_domain seen true
#
#####################################################
# Any hostname and domain names assigned from dhcp take precedence over
# # values set here. However, setting the values still prevents the questions
# # from being shown, even if values come from dhcp.
#d-i netcfg/get_hostname string debian-dev
#d-i netcfg/get_domain string carfax.eu
#
# If you want to force a hostname, regardless of what either the DHCP
# # server returns or what the reverse DNS entry for the IP is, uncomment
# # and adjust the following line.
#d-i netcfg/get_hostname seen true
#d-i netcfg/get_domain seen true
#d-i netcfg/hostname string debian-dev
### Mirror settings
d-i mirror/protocol string http
d-i mirror/country string de
d-i mirror/http/hostname string ftp2.de.debian.org
d-i mirror/http/directory string /debian
d-i mirror/suite string testing
d-i mirror/http/proxy string
### Account setup
d-i passwd/make-user boolean false
d-i passwd/root-password password password
d-i passwd/root-password-again password password
### create this password with `openssl passwd -l`
d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password $1$ay8lrHfR$iaZqLxVC/T1fGUBtgTBoD0
### Clock and time zone setup
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
d-i time/zone string EU/Berlin
d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true
### Partitioning
###
# WARNING WARNING WARNING see that this is /dev/sda!!!
###
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda
d-i partman-auto/method string regular
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/mount_style select uuid
###
#
# we stay humble with that package selection, because we'll bootstrap salt
#
### Package selection
tasksel tasksel/first multiselect minimal
d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server
d-i pkgsel/upgrade select none
popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false
# This is fairly safe to set, it makes grub install automatically to the MBR
# # if no other operating system is detected on the machine.
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
#
# # This one makes grub-installer install to the MBR if it also finds some other
# # OS, which is less safe as it might not be able to boot that other OS.
d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true
d-i grub-installer/bootdev string
d-i grub-installer/choose_bootdev select /dev/sda
### Misc options
# Disable that annoying WEP key dialog.
d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string
# Allow non-free firmware
d-i hw-detect/load_firmware boolean true
# Avoid that last message about the install being complete.
d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
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