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.
-- 
Martin Michlmayr
tbm@cyrius.com
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