Re: ELF floppy set progress report

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

Stephen Early writes ("Re: ELF floppy set progress report"):
...
> When watching people install Debian from your CD, I've noticed that they 
> get slightly worried about having to tell it to install from CD twice; 
> once for the base system, and then again for the dselect installation 
> method. If the base is installed from CD, could this be saved in 
> /var/lib/dpkg/{cmethopt,methods/disk/shvar.cdrom} so that the user isn't 
> asked again?

Weurgh, people are silly.

Some people will need or want to be able to install from the net (say)
after doing the base stuff from a CD.

Perhaps the solution here is somewhat better documentation ?

Ian.