Re: Why the latest netinst image must "choose a mirror of the Debian archive" ?
Frans Pop <aragorn@tiscali.nl> writes:
> On Wednesday 12 April 2006 00:22, Richard Atterer wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 02:45:35PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> > And it didn't used to require one.
>>
>> Oh - is this a bug which will be fixed again, or should I update the
>> web page to no longer claim that a basic system can be installed using
>> netinst?
>
> The netinst has always been intended for installations _with_ network
> access, so nothing fundamental has changed in that respect.
There is a difference between intended and required.
> The change that was introduced with Etch beta 2 is that the installation
> of additional packages (tasksel), which used to take place after
> rebooting, now happens as part of the installation itself before
> rebooting.
>
> We are working on fixing the issue that you are currently almost required
> to select a mirror, which is an issue for both the netinst _and_ full
> CDs. Not using a mirror is possible, but it is not very intuitive.
>
> Not using a mirror with the netinst will leave you with only the base
> system, which means you're still missing a lot of standard packages (Joey
> even considers a pure netinst broken).
> Not using a mirror with a full CD is of course no problem.
>
> The change has made the netinst a somewhat less obvious choice for
> installations. As I said, effectively it still does exactly the same as
> before Beta 2. It's just the timing that has changed.
If netinst requires network access then it is totaly obsolete. Any
system you can install with netinst you can just install with the
netboot or businesscard image. Compared to the amount of download for
a full install the few extra debs on netinst are irelevant.
The advantage of netinst was that you could install a base system and
then configure ppp or slip or some other network access to finish
installing later on. Or even compile a newer kernel after copying a
few more debs on a 2nd CD.
Please don't destroy that.
MfG
Goswin
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