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John Dilley

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May 11, 2013, 8:50:02 AM5/11/13
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I'm installing Debian Wheezy as a paravirtualised guest onto
XenServer, with a preseed file (below) - despite only asking for
standard system utilities in tasksel, I seem to be getting a full
desktop environment installed.

The preseed file was based on the one I use for Squeeze, which works
fine - is there anything I'm obviously doing wrong?

When I run the installer manually and deselect the desktop task in
tasksel (which is selected by default), then it installs only the
essentials. Do I need to add something in the preseed file to tell
tasksel to deselect the desktop task?

Any help appreciated, thanks.

Preseed file:

d-i debian-installer/locale string en_GB
d-i debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated string true
d-i console-keymaps-at/keymap select us
d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select us
d-i mirror/country string enter
information manually


d-i mirror/country string manual
d-i mirror/http/hostname string 10.220.160.11
d-i mirror/http/directory string
/vol/xenrtdata/linux/distros/Debian/Wheezy/i386/
d-i apt-setup/security_host string 10.220.160.11
d-i apt-setup/security_path string
/vol/xenrtdata/linux/distros/Debian/Wheezy/i386/
d-i mirror/http/proxy string
d-i mirror/udeb/suite string wheezy
d-i mirror/suite string wheezy
d-i time/zone string string UTC
d-i partman-auto/method string regular
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select Finish
partitioning and write changes to disk
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i passwd/make-user boolean false
d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password
$1$Ojc.XG/d$83H7cLmTAynSZAjv.79A/.
d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server
psmisc ntpdate
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
d-i debian-installer/exit/poweroff boolean true
d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect none
d-i base-installer/kernel/image string linux-generic-pae
d-i base-installer/install-recommends boolean false
popularity-contest
popularity-contest/participate boolean false
tasksel/first multiselect standard


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John Dilley

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I've got

tasksel/first multiselect standard

At the bottom, which by my reading of that page should just install
the "standard" task?

John

On 11 May 2013 14:39, Brian <ad...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat 11 May 2013 at 13:46:23 +0100, John Dilley wrote:
>
>> I'm installing Debian Wheezy as a paravirtualised guest onto
>> XenServer, with a preseed file (below) - despite only asking for
>> standard system utilities in tasksel, I seem to be getting a full
>> desktop environment installed.
>>
>> The preseed file was based on the one I use for Squeeze, which works
>> fine - is there anything I'm obviously doing wrong?
>>
>> When I run the installer manually and deselect the desktop task in
>> tasksel (which is selected by default), then it installs only the
>> essentials. Do I need to add something in the preseed file to tell
>> tasksel to deselect the desktop task?
>
> [Snip]
>
>> d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server psmisc ntpdate
>
> It seems you need a bit more than this line.
>
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apbs04.html.en
>
>
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Brian

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May 11, 2013, 9:50:03 AM5/11/13
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On Sat 11 May 2013 at 13:46:23 +0100, John Dilley wrote:

> I'm installing Debian Wheezy as a paravirtualised guest onto
> XenServer, with a preseed file (below) - despite only asking for
> standard system utilities in tasksel, I seem to be getting a full
> desktop environment installed.
>
> The preseed file was based on the one I use for Squeeze, which works
> fine - is there anything I'm obviously doing wrong?
>
> When I run the installer manually and deselect the desktop task in
> tasksel (which is selected by default), then it installs only the
> essentials. Do I need to add something in the preseed file to tell
> tasksel to deselect the desktop task?

[Snip]

> d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server psmisc ntpdate

It seems you need a bit more than this line.

http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apbs04.html.en


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Brian

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May 11, 2013, 10:40:01 AM5/11/13
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On Sat 11 May 2013 at 14:47:50 +0100, John Dilley wrote:

> I've got
>
> tasksel/first multiselect standard
>
> At the bottom, which by my reading of that page should just install
> the "standard" task?

So you have! I missed it. Sorry. Looks like it should do the job. Time
for a think and a test, maybe.


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Brian

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On Sat 11 May 2013 at 15:32:00 +0100, Brian wrote:

> On Sat 11 May 2013 at 14:47:50 +0100, John Dilley wrote:
>
> > I've got
> >
> > tasksel/first multiselect standard
> >
> > At the bottom, which by my reading of that page should just install
> > the "standard" task?
>
> So you have! I missed it. Sorry. Looks like it should do the job. Time
> for a think and a test, maybe.

Shouldn't the line read

tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard ?


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John Dilley

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On 11 May 2013, at 16:04, Brian <ad...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:

> On Sat 11 May 2013 at 15:32:00 +0100, Brian wrote:
>
>> On Sat 11 May 2013 at 14:47:50 +0100, John Dilley wrote:
>>
>>> I've got
>>>
>>> tasksel/first multiselect standard
>>>
>>> At the bottom, which by my reading of that page should just install
>>> the "standard" task?
>>
>> So you have! I missed it. Sorry. Looks like it should do the job. Time
>> for a think and a test, maybe.
>
> Shouldn't the line read
>
> tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard ?

Ah yes, it should. I'm pretty sure I tried that though before I
started trying different options (I've checked an older version in
revision control has the correct line), but I'll double check on
Monday when I've got access to the box.

Thanks,

John


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Brian

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On Sat 11 May 2013 at 16:36:13 +0100, John Dilley wrote:

> On 11 May 2013, at 16:04, Brian <ad...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Shouldn't the line read
> >
> > tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard ?
>
> Ah yes, it should. I'm pretty sure I tried that though before I
> started trying different options (I've checked an older version in
> revision control has the correct line), but I'll double check on
> Monday when I've got access to the box.

I had something of my own to test so put

tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard
d-i pkgsel/include string gpm mc

in my preseed,cfg. I got what the first line asked for. A full DE was
not installed.


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John Dilley

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On 11 May 2013 18:29, Brian <ad...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat 11 May 2013 at 16:36:13 +0100, John Dilley wrote:
>
>> On 11 May 2013, at 16:04, Brian <ad...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> > Shouldn't the line read
>> >
>> > tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard ?
>>
>> Ah yes, it should. I'm pretty sure I tried that though before I
>> started trying different options (I've checked an older version in
>> revision control has the correct line), but I'll double check on
>> Monday when I've got access to the box.
>
> I had something of my own to test so put
>
> tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard
> d-i pkgsel/include string gpm mc
>
> in my preseed,cfg. I got what the first line asked for. A full DE was
> not installed.

Yes, that worked. Not sure why it didn't work the first time - maybe
one of the other options I added was needed too.

Thanks,

John

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