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Bug#85344: installer ignores port when installing over network



Mark Willey <willey@protectix.com> writes:

> What I mean is that when I take a machine with no operating system on it, put 
> in the rescue floppy, boot up, insert the root floppy, then begin the 
> installation process, I get to a point where the installer wants to know where 
> to get the base system from.  I tell it "network" and it asks for a server 
> name, directory, and port number.  The port number is ignored and the install 
> program then uses port 80 no matter when it's told to use.
> 
> This is before you actually install base, install lilo, and reboot.

Ok, I gotcha.  Sounds like a straight-up dbootstrap bug. Thanks for
reporting it and following up.

-- 
.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>




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