Bug#851539: Stretch RC1 netinst installer prompts for additional CDs
On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 12:30:03PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 11:51:43PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote:
> >On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 01:13:13AM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> >> On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 04:53:26PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote:
> >> >Package: installation-reports
> >> >Severity: normal
> >> >
> >> >I tried doing an install with a Stretch RC1 netinst CD. Worked fine,
> >> >except that later in the install, right before asking about an apt
> >> >mirror, the installer asked about scaning additional CDs. Previous
> >> >versions of the netinst installer haven't asked that question; normally
> >> >only the full-CD installers ask that.
> >>
> >> This is a deliberate change, yes. It makes the firmware netinsts more
> >> useful now, for example...
> >
> >I thought that firmware had a separate prompting mechanism, triggered by
> >the detection of missing firmware? If the installer notices missing
> >firmware, it prompts for separate firmware media.
>
> There's also some netinsts with firmware included [1], and those are
> the ones this will help with. The previous settings in apt-setup were
> not very consistent and *very* old, so I've tweaked which images will
> ask about extra media.
How does it help for the firmware-included images?
And, any way to make it only ask that question in the firmware-included
images?
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