Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)
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> On Mar 21, 2017, at 11:10 AM, Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 02:55:07PM +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>>> On Tuesday 21 March 2017 14:33:29 Catherine Gramze wrote:
>>> Refusing to continue an installation that will inevitably be a failure is
>>> how it should act.
>>
>> Rot. It will not "inevitably be a failure". It can be a very good way out of
>> some problems.
>
> Agreed. Some people may want to install Debian on a computer that
> doesn't have a network interface *at all*. They should be able to do so.
> They *are* able to do so.
Of course they should. But a netinst dvd or usb stick is not the best tool for that. The very name lets you know that a network is going to be needed. Netinst is not the only installer, you know.
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