[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: how do I interrupt an install?



On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 09:33:36AM -0400, dtutty@porchlight.ca wrote:
> Thanks Len.  If I don't get a better answer, I'll try killing the
> process.  I can't setup a proxy on the 486 because the drive is too
> small; I'm really shoehorned in here.
> 
> If nothing else works, I'll try building a bigger USB stick image and
> put a larger iso file (the full net-inst).  I'd have to split it in two
> to sneaker net it over via ZIP disk and cat it together, since the 486
> doesn't do USB either.  I built the USB under a RIP linux CD that I had
> lying around.
> 
> Either way, I consider this a bug and will put it in an installation
> report.

I am surprised if it doesn't timeout when the connection dies.  I really
think it should.  Not timing out on lost connection is a bug.

--
Len Sorensen



Reply to: