On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 01:14:08PM -0600, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > Steve Langasek wrote: > >On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 12:20:12PM -0600, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote:
> >>I propose (if this isn't being worked on already) that d-i ask the user > >>if he/she wants to set up his/her network connections during > >>installation instead of assuming so. As can be seen in bug #226495 > >><http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=226495>, problems > >>ensue when this connection can't be established because of driver issues > >>and such. > >Ok, and if you're installing from a *net*inst CD (which is what the > >current dailies are), what do you expect the system to do when it needs > >to install more packages? > >If you really only want the base system to be installed and nothing > >else, you should be able to boot the CD in 'expert' mode, and avoid the > >redundant prompting. "base only with no access to full package > >archives" sounds like an expert configuration to me, do you disagree? > What I've always done in the past is get a base system installed, > install the .deb from LinuxAnt, copy the necessary files from > /mnt/windows, set up WEP, ifup eth0, then do my tasksel/dselect/apt-get > from there. > Is this possible from within d-i's mini-shell? I believe that this is possible using d-i in expert mode (and what you've described *definitely* sounds like an expert config to me now ;). If you find that it isn't, let us know, as it's probably a bug. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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