Andrew Pollock wrote: > Config network: [E] You didn't explain what went wrong here. Did you actually perform this step in the installer, or did you not, and just not have a configured network post install? > Last time I tried an image, I had the choice of ext3 (and I think ReiserFS). Today I only had ext2. udeb priority problems, I have uploaded a fix. > Post d-i, my network was totall unconfigured. /etc/network/interfaces > had just the top comment lines in it. Possibly because you did not configure the network during the install? > The installer was very persistent about asking about autopartitioning, > to the point where it really started to piss me off. I would have > thought it best to ask whether to autopartition or manually partition > at the start, and then never ask again, whereas I was asked about > autopartitioning shortly after completing a manual partition, which I > thought was a bit screwy. Yes that's a known bug, and I think it's fixed now. > I'm pretty sure last time I tried, I also had the choice of grub or lilo. > Today, it was lilo or nothing. Anyone know why it's not offering grub anymore? > Also, when it came to filesystems, what I wanted, was a root partition > (with an ext3 filesystem on it) a swap partition and everything else > as logical volumes. I note that the installer seems vaguely aware of > LVM, but doesn't seem to prompt to create any logical volumes. It > thinks an LVM partition has a filesystem on it and then talks about > mounting it and whatnot. Someone should perhaps turn this into a wishlist bug report against the relevant package. I can never guess what the right relevant package is for partitioning though. > Finally, for a netinst CD, I was somewhat surprised to find it had > base packages on it. I was expecting to have to download that with > APT... You may be looking for the business card image instead, it lacks base packages. -- see shy jo
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