Setting "d-i base-installer/kernel/image none" fails to ignore installation w/o kernel

[Tobin Davis]

In my preseed, I have "d-i base-installer/kernel/image none" so that the installer will bypass installing a kernel (since I don't have one in the pool for this system). I am manually installing an out-of-pool kernel in the late_command phase. However, the installer still returns:

> !! ERROR: Cannot install kernel
>
> The installer cannot find a suitable kernel package to install.
> [Press enter to continue]

This should not be happening according to the documentation.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

I don't know if this is a deliberate change, but it appears you can get this effect by instead preseeding:

 d-i base-installer/kernel/skip-install boolean true

Does that do the job?

[Tobin Davis (gruemaster)]

That addition worked, thanks.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Evidently this advice tracks back to manual/en/appendix/preseed.xml in the official debian-installer documentation:

# 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 &kernelpackage;-2.6-486

Since "none" does *not* work here, either base-installer or the documentation should be fixed.

[Many (many15)]

Should use:
d-i base-installer/kernel/image string none

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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