[Bug 920618] Re: Setting "d-i base-installer/kernel/image none" fails to ignore installation w/o kernel

[Steve Langasek]

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.

** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

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

Status in “debian-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  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.

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