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    #### Contents of the preconfiguration file (for jessie)
    ### Localization
    # Preseeding only locale sets language, country and locale.
    d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US

    # The values can also be preseeded individually for greater flexibility.
    #d-i debian-installer/language string en
    #d-i debian-installer/country string NL
    #d-i debian-installer/locale string en_GB.UTF-8
    # Optionally specify additional locales to be generated.
    #d-i localechooser/supported-locales multiselect en_US.UTF-8, nl_NL.UTF-8

    # Keyboard selection.
    d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select us
    # d-i keyboard-configuration/toggle select No toggling

    ### Network configuration
    # Disable network configuration entirely. This is useful for cdrom
    # installations on non-networked devices where the network questions,
    # warning and long timeouts are a nuisance.
    #d-i netcfg/enable boolean false

    # netcfg will choose an interface that has link if possible. This makes it
    # skip displaying a list if there is more than one interface.
    d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto

    # To pick a particular interface instead:
    #d-i netcfg/choose_interface select eth1

    # To set a different link detection timeout (default is 3 seconds).
    # Values are interpreted as seconds.
    #d-i netcfg/link_wait_timeout string 10

    # If you have a slow dhcp server and the installer times out waiting for
    # it, this might be useful.
    #d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 60
    #d-i netcfg/dhcpv6_timeout string 60

    # If you prefer to configure the network manually, uncomment this line and
    # the static network configuration below.
    #d-i netcfg/disable_autoconfig boolean true

    # If you want the preconfiguration file to work on systems both with and
    # without a dhcp server, uncomment these lines and the static network
    # configuration below.
    #d-i netcfg/dhcp_failed note
    #d-i netcfg/dhcp_options select Configure network manually

    # Static network configuration.
    #
    # IPv4 example
    #d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string 192.168.1.42
    #d-i netcfg/get_netmask string 255.255.255.0
    #d-i netcfg/get_gateway string 192.168.1.1
    #d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string 192.168.1.1
    #d-i netcfg/confirm_static boolean true
    #
    # IPv6 example
    #d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string fc00::2
    #d-i netcfg/get_netmask string ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::
    #d-i netcfg/get_gateway string fc00::1
    #d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string fc00::1
    #d-i netcfg/confirm_static boolean true

    # Any hostname and domain names assigned from dhcp take precedence over
    # values set here. However, setting the values still prevents the questions
    # from being shown, even if values come from dhcp.
    d-i netcfg/get_hostname string chicken
    d-i netcfg/get_domain string klouds.org

    # If you want to force a hostname, regardless of what either the DHCP
    # server returns or what the reverse DNS entry for the IP is, uncomment
    # and adjust the following line.
    #d-i netcfg/hostname string somehost

    # Disable that annoying WEP key dialog.
    d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string
    # The wacky dhcp hostname that some ISPs use as a password of sorts.
    #d-i netcfg/dhcp_hostname string radish

    # If non-free firmware is needed for the network or other hardware, you can
    # configure the installer to always try to load it, without prompting. Or
    # change to false to disable asking.
    d-i hw-detect/load_firmware boolean true

    ### Network console
    # Use the following settings if you wish to make use of the network-console
    # component for remote installation over SSH. This only makes sense if you
    # intend to perform the remainder of the installation manually.
    #d-i anna/choose_modules string network-console
    #d-i network-console/authorized_keys_url string http://10.0.0.1/openssh-key
    #d-i network-console/password password r00tme
    #d-i network-console/password-again password r00tme

    ### Mirror settings
    # If you select ftp, the mirror/country string does not need to be set.
    #d-i mirror/protocol string ftp
    d-i mirror/country string manual
    d-i mirror/http/hostname string http.us.debian.org
    d-i mirror/http/directory string /debian
    d-i mirror/http/proxy string

    # Suite to install.
    #d-i mirror/suite string testing
    # Suite to use for loading installer components (optional).
    #d-i mirror/udeb/suite string testing

    ### Account setup
    # Skip creation of a root account (normal user account will be able to
    # use sudo).
    #d-i passwd/root-login boolean false
    # Alternatively, to skip creation of a normal user account.
    #d-i passwd/make-user boolean false

    # Root password, either in clear text
    #d-i passwd/root-password password r00tme
    #d-i passwd/root-password-again password r00tme
    # or encrypted using a crypt(3) hash.
    #d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password [crypt(3) hash]

    # To create a normal user account.
    d-i passwd/user-fullname string Jacob Gadikian
    d-i passwd/username string faddat
    # Normal user's password, either in clear text
    d-i passwd/user-password password insecure
    d-i passwd/user-password-again password insecure
    # or encrypted using a crypt(3) hash.
    #d-i passwd/user-password-crypted password [crypt(3) hash]
    # Create the first user with the specified UID instead of the default.
    #d-i passwd/user-uid string 1010

    # The user account will be added to some standard initial groups. To
    # override that, use this.
    #d-i passwd/user-default-groups string audio cdrom video

    ### Clock and time zone setup
    # Controls whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC.
    d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true

    # You may set this to any valid setting for $TZ; see the contents of
    # /usr/share/zoneinfo/ for valid values.
    d-i time/zone string US/Eastern

    # Controls whether to use NTP to set the clock during the install
    d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true
    # NTP server to use. The default is almost always fine here.
    #d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string ntp.example.com

    ### Partitioning
    ## Partitioning example
    # If the system has free space you can choose to only partition that space.
    # This is only honoured if partman-auto/method (below) is not set.
    #d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select biggest_free

    # Alternatively, you may specify a disk to partition. If the system has only
    # one disk the installer will default to using that, but otherwise the device
    # name must be given in traditional, non-devfs format (so e.g. /dev/sda
    # and not e.g. /dev/discs/disc0/disc).
    # For example, to use the first SCSI/SATA hard disk:
    #d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda
    # In addition, you'll need to specify the method to use.
    # The presently available methods are:
    # - regular: use the usual partition types for your architecture
    # - lvm: use LVM to partition the disk
    # - crypto: use LVM within an encrypted partition
    d-i partman-auto/method string lvm

    # If one of the disks that are going to be automatically partitioned
    # contains an old LVM configuration, the user will normally receive a
    # warning. This can be preseeded away...
    d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
    # The same applies to pre-existing software RAID array:
    d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
    # And the same goes for the confirmation to write the lvm partitions.
    d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
    d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true

    # You can choose one of the three predefined partitioning recipes:
    # - atomic: all files in one partition
    # - home: separate /home partition
    # - multi: separate /home, /var, and /tmp partitions
    d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic

    # Or provide a recipe of your own...
    # If you have a way to get a recipe file into the d-i environment, you can
    # just point at it.
    #d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe_file string /hd-media/recipe

    # If not, you can put an entire recipe into the preconfiguration file in one
    # (logical) line. This example creates a small /boot partition, suitable
    # swap, and uses the rest of the space for the root partition:
    #d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \
    # boot-root :: \
    # 40 50 100 ext3 \
    # $primary{ } $bootable{ } \
    # method{ format } format{ } \
    # use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \
    # mountpoint{ /boot } \
    # . \
    # 500 10000 1000000000 ext3 \
    # method{ format } format{ } \
    # use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \
    # mountpoint{ / } \
    # . \
    # 64 512 300% linux-swap \
    # method{ swap } format{ } \
    # .

    # The full recipe format is documented in the file partman-auto-recipe.txt
    # included in the 'debian-installer' package or available from D-I source
    # repository. This also documents how to specify settings such as file
    # system labels, volume group names and which physical devices to include
    # in a volume group.

    # This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided
    # that you told it what to do using one of the methods above.
    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

    ## Partitioning using RAID
    # The method should be set to "raid".
    #d-i partman-auto/method string raid
    # Specify the disks to be partitioned. They will all get the same layout,
    # so this will only work if the disks are the same size.
    #d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda /dev/sdb

    # Next you need to specify the physical partitions that will be used.
    #d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \
    # multiraid :: \
    # 1000 5000 4000 raid \
    # $primary{ } method{ raid } \
    # . \
    # 64 512 300% raid \
    # method{ raid } \
    # . \
    # 500 10000 1000000000 raid \
    # method{ raid } \
    # .

    # Last you need to specify how the previously defined partitions will be
    # used in the RAID setup. Remember to use the correct partition numbers
    # for logical partitions. RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10 are supported;
    # devices are separated using "#".
    # Parameters are:
    # <raidtype> <devcount> <sparecount> <fstype> <mountpoint> \
    # <devices> <sparedevices>

    #d-i partman-auto-raid/recipe string \
    # 1 2 0 ext3 / \
    # /dev/sda1#/dev/sdb1 \
    # . \
    # 1 2 0 swap - \
    # /dev/sda5#/dev/sdb5 \
    # . \
    # 0 2 0 ext3 /home \
    # /dev/sda6#/dev/sdb6 \
    # .

    # For additional information see the file partman-auto-raid-recipe.txt
    # included in the 'debian-installer' package or available from D-I source
    # repository.

    # This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation.
    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

    ## Controlling how partitions are mounted
    # The default is to mount by UUID, but you can also choose "traditional" to
    # use traditional device names, or "label" to try filesystem labels before
    # falling back to UUIDs.
    #d-i partman/mount_style select uuid

    ### Base system installation
    # Configure APT to not install recommended packages by default. Use of this
    # option can result in an incomplete system and should only be used by very
    # experienced users.
    #d-i base-installer/install-recommends boolean false

    # The kernel image (meta) package to be installed; "none" can be used if no
    # kernel is to be installed.
    #d-i base-installer/kernel/image string linux-image-686

    ### Apt setup
    # You can choose to install non-free and contrib software.
    #d-i apt-setup/non-free boolean true
    #d-i apt-setup/contrib boolean true
    # Uncomment this if you don't want to use a network mirror.
    #d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean false
    # Select which update services to use; define the mirrors to be used.
    # Values shown below are the normal defaults.
    #d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect security, updates
    #d-i apt-setup/security_host string security.debian.org

    # Additional repositories, local[0-9] available
    #d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string \
    # http://local.server/debian stable main
    #d-i apt-setup/local0/comment string local server
    # Enable deb-src lines
    #d-i apt-setup/local0/source boolean true
    # URL to the public key of the local repository; you must provide a key or
    # apt will complain about the unauthenticated repository and so the
    # sources.list line will be left commented out
    #d-i apt-setup/local0/key string http://local.server/key

    # By default the installer requires that repositories be authenticated
    # using a known gpg key. This setting can be used to disable that
    # authentication. Warning: Insecure, not recommended.
    #d-i debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated boolean true

    # Uncomment this to add multiarch configuration for i386
    #d-i apt-setup/multiarch string i386


    ### Package selection
    #tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, web-server, kde-desktop

    # Individual additional packages to install
    #d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server build-essential
    # Whether to upgrade packages after debootstrap.
    # Allowed values: none, safe-upgrade, full-upgrade
    #d-i pkgsel/upgrade select none

    # Some versions of the installer can report back on what software you have
    # installed, and what software you use. The default is not to report back,
    # but sending reports helps the project determine what software is most
    # popular and include it on CDs.
    #popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false

    ### Boot loader installation
    # Grub is the default boot loader (for x86). If you want lilo installed
    # instead, uncomment this:
    #d-i grub-installer/skip boolean true
    # To also skip installing lilo, and install no bootloader, uncomment this
    # too:
    #d-i lilo-installer/skip boolean true


    # This is fairly safe to set, it makes grub install automatically to the MBR
    # if no other operating system is detected on the machine.
    d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true

    # This one makes grub-installer install to the MBR if it also finds some other
    # OS, which is less safe as it might not be able to boot that other OS.
    d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true

    # Due notably to potential USB sticks, the location of the MBR can not be
    # determined safely in general, so this needs to be specified:
    #d-i grub-installer/bootdev string /dev/sda
    # To install to the first device (assuming it is not a USB stick):
    #d-i grub-installer/bootdev string default

    # Alternatively, if you want to install to a location other than the mbr,
    # uncomment and edit these lines:
    #d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean false
    #d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean false
    #d-i grub-installer/bootdev string (hd0,1)
    # To install grub to multiple disks:
    #d-i grub-installer/bootdev string (hd0,1) (hd1,1) (hd2,1)

    # Optional password for grub, either in clear text
    #d-i grub-installer/password password r00tme
    #d-i grub-installer/password-again password r00tme
    # or encrypted using an MD5 hash, see grub-md5-crypt(8).
    #d-i grub-installer/password-crypted password [MD5 hash]

    # Use the following option to add additional boot parameters for the
    # installed system (if supported by the bootloader installer).
    # Note: options passed to the installer will be added automatically.
    #d-i debian-installer/add-kernel-opts string nousb

    ### Finishing up the installation
    # During installations from serial console, the regular virtual consoles
    # (VT1-VT6) are normally disabled in /etc/inittab. Uncomment the next
    # line to prevent this.
    #d-i finish-install/keep-consoles boolean true

    # Avoid that last message about the install being complete.
    d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note

    # This will prevent the installer from ejecting the CD during the reboot,
    # which is useful in some situations.
    #d-i cdrom-detect/eject boolean false

    # This is how to make the installer shutdown when finished, but not
    # reboot into the installed system.
    #d-i debian-installer/exit/halt boolean true
    # This will power off the machine instead of just halting it.
    #d-i debian-installer/exit/poweroff boolean true

    ### Preseeding other packages
    # Depending on what software you choose to install, or if things go wrong
    # during the installation process, it's possible that other questions may
    # be asked. You can preseed those too, of course. To get a list of every
    # possible question that could be asked during an install, do an
    # installation, and then run these commands:
    # debconf-get-selections --installer > file
    # debconf-get-selections >> file


    #### Advanced options
    ### Running custom commands during the installation
    # d-i preseeding is inherently not secure. Nothing in the installer checks
    # for attempts at buffer overflows or other exploits of the values of a
    # preconfiguration file like this one. Only use preconfiguration files from
    # trusted locations! To drive that home, and because it's generally useful,
    # here's a way to run any shell command you'd like inside the installer,
    # automatically.

    # This first command is run as early as possible, just after
    # preseeding is read.
    #d-i preseed/early_command string anna-install some-udeb
    # This command is run immediately before the partitioner starts. It may be
    # useful to apply dynamic partitioner preseeding that depends on the state
    # of the disks (which may not be visible when preseed/early_command runs).
    #d-i partman/early_command \
    # string debconf-set partman-auto/disk "$(list-devices disk | head -n1)"
    # This command is run just before the install finishes, but when there is
    # still a usable /target directory. You can chroot to /target and use it
    # directly, or use the apt-install and in-target commands to easily install
    # packages and run commands in the target system.
    #d-i preseed/late_command string apt-install zsh; in-target chsh -s /bin/zsh