Re: d-i beta3 | DHCP

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 08:07:51PM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> kirpi@email.it wrote:
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> > I tried sarge d-i beta3 today.
> > At one point it says that it is looking for DHCP something, it says that
> > sometimes DHCP is slow, and then it comes out that it cannot find it. The
> > alternative is to give my IP number, but I do not know any IP number and,
> > as far as I know, my IP number changes quite often.
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> DHCP is the method used to find your IP number if it changes often.  If it's
> not working, and you have an always-on Internet connection, you have a
> problem.  (If you don't have an always-on Internet connection, don't bother
> trying the current installer CDs; they seem to depend on an active Internet
> connection, hence the name "netinst".  There should be ones which don't
> before the release of sarge.)

Still woody boot floppies pre-filled the IP number with 192.168.1.1 or
something such, which d-i doesn't anymore.

Friendly,

Sven Luther