Installation Rulebase flaw
package:debian-boot@lists.debian,org
version: current (this week) sarge 1st ISO CD image
When doing the initial install during network configuration the network
card could not be found so no network could be installed
When configuring apt-get (assuming at this point I am configuring the
apt-get.conf file for later use) my choices of mirrors failed because
the installation wrapper could not detect a network.
After install completed and I logged in I quickly configured the
network card, but then had to manually create an apt-get.conf file to
get further packages.
My fix would be to not have the apt-get configuration setup during
install fail due to lack of a network. The fact that there is no
network should not matter because trying to run apt-get pointing to a
mirror without a network would fail anyway. After the network is
installed further configuration of apt-get would not be necessary if it
was done during the install so further package installation could begin
immediately
This was my first install of debian
thanks,
Bill Oxley
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