Re: My experience with d-i

[Bill Allombert <allomber@math.u-bordeaux.fr>]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 02:17:07PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> Bill Allombert wrote:
> > The help screen [F3] says that 'net' is good for a network install, and
> > I wanted to test network install. 
> 
> IIRC, The help screens are from the boot-floppies and basically useless.

I suppose it is a bug worth reporting.

> > 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.

Sebastian explanation of the problem seems correct.
I suppose d-i should not retry a filed operation by itself,
especially one that is not mandatory.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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