Re: [RFR] Proposal for CD-ROM only installs
Geert Stappers <stappers@debian.org> writes:
> On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 07:24:36AM +0200, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote:
>> Bill Allombert wrote:
>> >On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 10:19:24PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
>>
>> >>With Beta 2 we have lost the option to (easily) install without using a
>> >>network connection. There have been several comments about this.
>>
>> >Please keep in mind that there is a distinction between having no
>> >network connection and no Internet connection.
>>
>> This distinction is not important, as somebody can install from a mirror
>> in the LAN.
>
> I have the gut feeling that that distinction _is_ important.
> And as with all gut feelings, it is hard to explain.
Say you are installing the firewall/router for your home network with
dsl and a wireless router. You do have network, even dhcp, but the dsl
doesn't work in D-I so no internet (yet). Very plausible.
MfG
Goswin
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