20251217T214746CET

TODO.md

@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 [ ] switch to ipxe boot (see https://github.com/vultr/packer-plugin-vultr/issues/197)
 [ ] switch to uv venv for ansible
 [-] try other preseed.cfg's from the gist
+[ ] add partitioning to preseed.cfg

debian.ipxe

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!ipxe
+
+set mirror http://deb.debian.org/debian
+set release trixie
+set arch amd64
+set preseed https://files.svdb.dev/preseed.cfg
+
+kernel ${mirror}/dists/${release}/main/installer-${arch}/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/${arch}/linux
+initrd ${mirror}/dists/${release}/main/installer-${arch}/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/${arch}/initrd.gz
+
+imgargs linux auto=true priority=critical interface=auto url=${preseed}
+
+boot

preseed.cfg

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+#_preseed_V1
+
+# Localization
+d-i debian-installer/language string en
+d-i debian-installer/country string NL
+d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US.UTF-8
+
+# Keyboard
+d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select us
+
+# Networking
+d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
+d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
+d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain
+
+# Mirror
+d-i mirror/country string manual
+d-i mirror/http/hostname string deb.debian.org
+d-i mirror/http/directory string /debian
+d-i mirror/http/proxy string
+d-i mirror/suite string stable
+d-i mirror/udeb/suite string stable
+
+# Account
+d-i passwd/root-login boolean false
+d-i passwd/root-password password changeme
+d-i passwd/root-password-again password changeme
+d-i passwd/user-fullname string ghost
+d-i passwd/username string ghost
+d-i passwd/user-password password changeme
+d-i passwd/user-password-again password changeme
+d-i passwd/user-uid string 1000
+
+# Time
+d-i time/zone string Europe/Amsterdam
+d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
+d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true
+d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string nl.pool.ntp.org
+
+# Partitioning
+d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
+d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max
+d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
+d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
+d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
+d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
+d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select multi
+d-i partman-md/confirm 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
+
+# Packages
+d-i apt-setup/contrib boolean true
+d-i apt-setup/non-free boolean true
+d-i apt-setup/non-free-firmware boolean true
+d-i apt-setup/disable-cdrom-entries boolean true
+d-i pkgsel/run_tasksel boolean false
+d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server build-essential
+d-i pkgsel/upgrade select full-upgrade
+d-i hw-detect/firmware-lookup string never
+d-i hw-detect/load_firmware boolean true
+popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false
+
+# Boot loader
+d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
+d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean false
+d-i grub-installer/bootdev string default
+d-i debian-installer/add-kernel-opts string nousb
+
+# Finish
+d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
+d-i cdrom-detect/eject boolean false
+d-i debian-installer/exit/poweroff boolean true