Disabling mirror option in preseed.cfg

Question

I am installing Debain Weezy (netinstall) in VirtualBOX using preseed.cfg.

I'm trying to create a preseed.cfg that would skip/not set Debian mirror in the Configure the package manager step. I am not installing any additonal packages (tasksel tasksel/first multiselect none) therefore "a very minimal base system"

If I use d-i mirror/country string manual I get

Please enter the hostname of the mirror from which Debian will be downloaded

I then have to manually select Go back and select Yes when asked Continue without a network mirror?.

Setting d-i mirror/country string boolean false gives the same dialogue.

Additionally something like d-i mirror/confirm boolean true needs to be added too I think since it's a two-step dialogue.

Solution 1

You need to set the settings of all the keys to none for it to work. Try this:

d-i mirror/country string manual
d-i mirror/http/hostname string ""
d-i mirror/http/directory string ""
d-i mirror/http/proxy string ""

This tells the installer, set the mirror in manual, the hostname is none, the directory is none, and the proxy is none.

Solution 2

I ran the installer without picking a mirror. In the resulting system, all installer options used can be found at /var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat

search mirror related params in this file. mine shows

Name: apt-setup/no_mirror
Template: apt-setup/no_mirror
Value: true
Owner: apt-mirror-setup

thus the preseeding setting should be

d-i apt-setup/no_mirror boolean true

Comments

[Admin]

the solution for this problens is on the link unix.stackexchange.com/questions/216348/…

[0JC1]

This sadly doesn't work either: "Bad archive mirror"