On Sun 12 Dec 2021 at 09:58:29 +0100, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 11 dec 21, 14:57:42, Joe wrote: > > > > I did my first netinstall without asking for expert mode (I assumed it > > would do a decent job by itself, and I did not consider myself an > > expert) and this was when I had only a couple of computers and used > > hosts files and static addressing. Under those conditions, the > > installer did not install Ethernet networking in the installed system, > > despite having used it itself in order to make the installation. > > > > I reported this behaviour as a bug and was rather tersely told that it > > was a feature. No expert + no DHCP = no Ethernet. OK, I could have been > > building an isolated certificate authority machine, but surely then I'd > > have used expert mode... > > > > I don't know if installers still do that, it's many years since I ran a > > network without DHCP, and I *always* use expert mode, even for routine > > throwaway installations. > > The configuration used during the installation is passed on to the final > system. It has been like this since at least sarge.
These days an exception to this is when the installation is done over a wireless link and a DE is not selected. See the bug reports for netcfg. -- Brian.
