Template: debian-installer/network-preseed/title Type: text # Main menu item _Description: Download debconf preconfiguration file Template: preseed/url Type: string #:sl3: _Description: Location of initial preconfiguration file: In order to perform an automated install, you need to supply a preconfiguration file (which can in turn pull in other files). To do that, you need to provide a (perhaps partial) URL. . This can be as simple as the machine name where your preseed files reside up to a full URL. Any of these could be made to work: intra [for example.com, these three are equivalent] intra.example.com http://intra.example.com/d-i/./lenny/preseed.cfg http://192.168.0.1/~phil/test47.txt floppy://preseed.cfg file:///hd-media/kiosk/./preseed.cfg . For fully automated installs, preseed/url should itself be preseeded (via kernel command line, DHCP, or syslinux.cfg on customised media) . See http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed for inspiration. Template: preseed/url/checksum Type: string Description: for internal use; can be preseeded Optional md5sum (or sums) for the preconfiguration files Template: auto-install/enable Type: boolean Default: false Description: for internal use; can be preseeded If true, attempt a fully automatic install Template: auto-install/defaultroot Type: string Default: d-i/xenial/./preseed.cfg Description: for internal use; can be preseeded Path added to local server to give the preseed root