preseed workflow

preparation

download & mount iso

wget http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.7.1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-8.7.1-amd64-netinst.iso

mkdir loopdir mount -o loop debian-8.7.1-amd64-netinst.iso loopdir mkdir cd rsync -a -H --exclude=TRANS.TBL loopdir/ cd umount loopdir

extract cd installer

mkdir irmod cd irmod gzip -d < ../cd/install.amd/initrd.gz | cpio --extract --verbose --make-directories --no-absolute-filenames

add preseed.cfg

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/digris/encoder-debian-preseed/master/conf/preseed.cfg

find . | cpio -H newc --create --verbose | gzip -9 > ../cd/install.amd/initrd.gz

cd ../

rm -fr irmod/

installer boot menu - autostart

nano cd/isolinux/isolinux.cfg timeout 10

md5sum

cd cd md5sum find -follow -type f > md5sum.txt cd ..

create iso file

iso (cd only)

genisoimage -o debian-8-odr.iso -r -J -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat ./cd

iso (usb)

aptitude install xorriso isolinux xorriso -as mkisofs -o debian-8-odr.iso -isohybrid-mbr /usr/lib/ISOLINUX/isohdpfx.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table ./cd

bootable usb stick / os x

diskutil list

diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk*** sudo dd if=debian-8-odr.iso of=/dev/disk*** bs=1m diskutil eject /dev/disk***

bootable usb stick / debian

fdisk -l

sudo dd if=debian-8-odr.iso of=/dev/sd*** bs=1M