Bug#204299: installation-reports: Installation report, 5 Aug 2003
Martin Sjögren <md9ms@mdstud.chalmers.se> writes:
> ons 2003-08-06 klockan 03.54 skrev David Z Maze:
>> http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
>
>> Initial attempt was a network install, which threw me into the text-mode
>> interface. Notes:
>
> What do you mean "network install"? Did you explicitly pick 'net' as
> boot image?
I downloaded the full CD, and typed "net" at the initial boot prompt
on the first attempts, and used the default choice (and actually did
install things off the CD) and later attempts.
>> -- I know which mirror I want (debian.lcs.mit.edu); "enter a custom
>> mirror" should be an earlier option, rather than forcing me to page
>> through the list of mirrors.
>
> Maybe we could make it the first choice in the list instead of the
> last?
It seems like that'd be better for power users and not too intrusive
for beginners.
>> -- Maybe add an option for "do you want extra d-i modules"? It should
>> be clearer when you need any of these.
>
> What does this refer to? The "Load installer modules" item? What
> priority did you run at?
Yes, the "load installer modules" item; I ran at medium priority
(though there were debug messages fairly late on that it was switching
to low priority, I think this was far after that). I got choices to
install dhcp-udeb and things like that.
>> Starting over with not-net-install:
>
> And this means what? Using the default boot image?
Yes.
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