Re: [RFC] Detecting type of CD image and using that to make apt-setup smarter

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> writes:

> joeyh, sledge, others,
>
> After working with d-cd a lot over the past week, I think I've come up 
> with a solution that will allow us to detect if the user is installing 
> from netinst CD, full CD or DVD.
> This would allow us to let apt-setup ask the "use a mirror" question based 
> on the type of CD.

You can install from netinst without networking to get just a base
system. People that need extra firmware for their
network cards, a new kernel, have to configure isdn or something else
to get networking later will need this.

You can also use the first CD/DVD from a set and then install the rest
from a mirror. Unles you do have all CDs/DVDs of a set you want to use
a mirror. Also don't forget that basically everybody wants to use a
mirror for security no matter what image type he uses.

So I don't see how you can ever skip the "use a mirror" question as
any case might need it (and all might want to say no).


So my comment is:

If you have networking setup you have to ask for the mirror.

MfG
        Goswin