Bug#415388: installation-report: Debian on NSLU2 with RC2 with firmware
> The network install had to be done through a proxy service provided
> over a local link. This meant that clock update via NTP was not
> possible. Perhaps the network install should not assume that TIME
> can be setup via NTP.
Actually, the installer doesn't use NTP at all (at least not yet).
Setting up the clock just takes a while; I'm not sure what it does
exactly, but NTP is not run.
> One difficulty with such installs is the lack of feedback from the
> machine while it is installing. Perhaps there could be the option of
> offering a splitvt-based monitoring of the install.
What kind of output would you like to see if splitvt was used?
Generally, the installer tries to show progress bars and other
information to show what's going on. Obviously, the nslu2 is much
slower than other machines, so sometimes the progress might be slow.
If you have any specific suggestions where you'd like to see more
feedback, we might be able to put in another progress bar or make an
existing one more fine grained.
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Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/
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