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Re: My experience with d-i



Sebastian Ley wrote:
> Am Di, den 11.11.2003 schrieb Joey Hess um 20:17:
> 
> > > As for the normal boot:
> > > Initial boot worked:    [X]
> > > Configure network HW:   [X]
> > > Config network:         [ ] I have no DHCP server
> > > Detect CD:              [ ] 
> > > Load installer modules: [X]
> > > Detect hard drives:     [X]
> > > 
> > > When I try 'Detect CD' it run 'Config network via DHCP' instead
> > > and lock for two minutes. 
> > 
> > Doesn't make sense to me, there is no dependency there.
> 
> I know it, I know it ;-) Took me a good deal of thinking what this is:
> 
> - DHCP fails -> prio set to medium
> - user selects "Detect CD", which works instantly and without feedback 
>   -> prio is set to high again
> - DHCP has not yet been configured and hence runs again
> 
> For the user it looks like that cdrom-detect has not run but netcfg-dhcp
> ran again.

Ah, in other words, this is another one that could be fixed by making
main-menu smart enough to skip over steps that the user explicitly
skipped over.

-- 
see shy jo

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