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Re: Proposal: Ask if user wants to set up network



On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 01:14:08PM -0600, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote:
> Steve Langasek wrote:
> >On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 12:20:12PM -0600, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote:

> >>I propose (if this isn't being worked on already) that d-i ask the user 
> >>if he/she wants to set up his/her network connections during 
> >>installation instead of assuming so. As can be seen in bug #226495 
> >><http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=226495>, problems 
> >>ensue when this connection can't be established because of driver issues 
> >>and such.

> >Ok, and if you're installing from a *net*inst CD (which is what the
> >current dailies are), what do you expect the system to do when it needs
> >to install more packages?

> >If you really only want the base system to be installed and nothing
> >else, you should be able to boot the CD in 'expert' mode, and avoid the
> >redundant prompting.   "base only with no access to full package
> >archives" sounds like an expert configuration to me, do you disagree?

> What I've always done in the past is get a base system installed, 
> install the .deb from LinuxAnt, copy the necessary files from 
> /mnt/windows, set up WEP, ifup eth0, then do my tasksel/dselect/apt-get 
> from there.

> Is this possible from within d-i's mini-shell?

I believe that this is possible using d-i in expert mode (and what
you've described *definitely* sounds like an expert config to me now ;).
If you find that it isn't, let us know, as it's probably a bug.

-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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