Bug#220264: d-i report: DHCP, wrong button sort order
* Martin Pitt <martin@piware.de> [2003-11-11 17:41]:
> Config network: [E]
>
> Same DHCP problem as in #220014. DHCP was attempted, then a
> confusing error message appeared. DHCP should be attempted only once
> (see below); if it fails, then the user should be presented a note
> saying that the network must be configured manually, not just a
> confusing "an error occurred". Besides the failing DHCP breaks the
> automatic installation: presenting the main menu is really not
> necessary here.
I saw the same in #224620
> Detect CD: [O] DHCP
>
> After this step, DHCP was reattempted. This happened quite often and
> is very annoying. I marked the steps where this occurred with
> "DHCP". If DHCP did not work once, then please forget about it.
Yes, the same in #224620; really annoying - I configured a static IP
in order to avoid this.
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Martin Michlmayr
tbm@cyrius.com
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