Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote: > just before debconf I bought a new laptop. Crypto-LVM > initialization took so long that I ended up having to finish the > installation in my hotel room with only WPA2 network. I used > > Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.2.1 "Squeeze" - Official amd64 CD Binary-1 20110626-16:33 > > and chose the desktop and laptop tasks during installation. During the > "Could we make desktop users need their local Debian geeks less?" BoF I > wondered if it was normal that my new installation did not offer > Shutdown as an option in GNOME's System->Shut Down dialog.
What was the missing package? This basic functionality should all be included in CD #1, only non-basic stuff should not be. > It took me a while to realize what's going on. CD1 does not contain the > all the components that are part of the laptop and desktop tasks. Yet > the installer is not able to warn the users about this. So if you have a > WPA network and you install from CD1 you will end up with an incomplete > system. At this point I found > > http://raphaelhertzog.com/2011/06/13/why-you-should-always-have-a-network-connection-when-installing-debian/ > > > > Would it be possible for d-i to detect this scenario and at least warn > the user about it? Something like > > "You have not configured networking. This means that tasks > ${LIST_OF_TASKS} can not be fully installed. You can still continue > and install the missing parts by running tasksel manually at a later > time." > > should help. apt-setup already does this: _Description: Use a network mirror? A network mirror can be used to supplement the software that is included on the CD-ROM. This may also make newer versions of software available. . You are installing from a CD, which contains a limited selection of packages. However, this is not displayed if you explicitly choose not to configure the network. -- see shy jo
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