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Re: RC - Dbootstrap is somewhat broken for non-networked boxes



On Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 02:20:16PM +1000, Greg Schafer wrote:
> I'm testing current CVS.
> 
> By non-networked, I mean stand-alone machines without a network card.
> 
> In this situation, I don't load any modules. Dbootstrap asks me for a
> host name then the next dialog advises me that no NIC drivers were
> detected and that I could choose the alternate step of 'Install the
> Base System'.
> 
> I do that and then it comes back to the same dialog re: no NIC drivers.
> It doesn't seem to remember that I've just installed the base system!
> 
> This is release critical IMHO.

It is also fixed in the latest CVS (2.2.11) which will be released soon (I
think it may only be for non-i386 because of some issues with i386 kernel
images and modules).

Ben

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