ok i guess i was crazy [1]. debian-installer is tracked on launchpad. so here's the bug report: http://launchpad.net/bugs/1170597
wxl [1] rather, here's where the confusion came from: https://launchpad.net/debian-installer (first hit for debian-installer in the search engine) vs. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 8:29 AM, ∅ <carsrcoffin...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I could have sworn this wasn't the case but if bugs on the Debian tracker > are updated, then maybe you never could install without a network > connection. Debian-installer cannot be reported with ubuntu-bug, it appears, > because its bugs are not tracked there but with the Debian tracker. There is > a bug there describing this problem from 2007, though: > http://bugs.debian.org/429926 > > wxl > > On Apr 16, 2013 10:55 PM, "∅" <carsrcoffin...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> a week or so ago i did an alternate install with no network. it carried on >> like normal and i had no problems. >> >> today, using 20130416, selecting the option to not configure the network >> at this time leads to the installer asking to select a mirror. if a mirror >> is selected, it then attempts to connect to it, which fails. game over. >> >> did something change? i can't imagine so because i can install desktop >> without a network. >> >> it sure would be ideal to not have it be this way. not everyone has access >> to ethernet and those that don't can't always access wifi readily (read: >> b43). busybox (alternate's shell) doesn't have the capacity a standard shell >> would and so it's difficult to get around this latter issue, for example. >> >> any thoughts? >> >> wxl -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
