Bug#406114: d-i: having a tool like "ping"

[stappers@stappers.nl (Geert Stappers)]

reassign 406114 installation-guide
thanks

Op 09-01-2007 om 10:12 schreef Frans Pop:
> On Monday 08 January 2007 20:09, Claus Fischer wrote:
 
> > Also, busybox' ping should be enabled on the debian network
> > installer, to allow a user to check whether the right
> > interface is up on a multihomed box.
> 
> No, it should not. Memory is valuable in the installer environment and 
> having ping does not add anything. As Geert already explained, you can 
> use wget instead for basic connection testing.

My wish is that the explaination given in this bugreport about ping,
gets included in the manual.


Cheers
Geert Stappers