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Bug#161999: boot-floppies: 3.0r0 install can end with no /etc/host{s,name}



* Chris Tillman <tillman@voicetrak.com> [2002-09-23 18:10]:
> On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 11:32:50AM +0200, Yann Dirson wrote:
> > Package: boot-floppies
> > Version: Debian 3.0r0
> > Severity: serious
> > 
> > When installing woody from CD on a laptop yesterday, the installation
> > ended without an /etc/hosts nor an /etc/hostname.  Hm, maybe there are
> > others, but I did not noticed yet.
> > 
> > Not sure it is the source of the problem, but I had asked for a DHCP
> > setup, while not connected to a network (something that I thought
> > would be reasonable to ask, but for some reason it appeared that was
> > not allowed), and after DHCP failure I had to skip the "network
> > config" step.
> 
> Yes, if you skipped network configuration then it is still unconfigured.

It's not very logical. You need a /etc/hosts even if you don't have
networking.




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