Bug#224620: dhcp & lvm problems, partconf & GRUB wishlist

2003-12-26 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* tbm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-23 15:08]: > We could not obtain an IP address from the network > through DHCP. DHCP is a system to automatically obtain IP addresses > from a central server on your network. Sometimes, DHCP servers are > slow, so perhaps you might want to try this again. Alter

Bug#224620: dhcp & lvm problems, partconf & GRUB wishlist

2003-12-23 Thread David Nusinow
On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 03:08:46PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > Perhaps something like > > We could not obtain an IP address from the network > through DHCP. DHCP is a system to automatically obtain IP addresses > from a central server on your network. Sometimes, DHCP servers are > slow, so

Bug#224620: dhcp & lvm problems, partconf & GRUB wishlist

2003-12-23 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Gaudenz Steinlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-21 12:05]: > _Description: Do you want to retry DHCP network configuration? > No IP address was offered during DHCP network configuration. DHCP > servers are sometimes really slow. If you wish, you can retry. > > Do you have any suggestions on how

Bug#224620: dhcp & lvm problems, partconf & GRUB wishlist

2003-12-21 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Am Sam, den 20.12.2003 schrieb Martin Michlmayr um 18:33: > Package: installation-reports > > Why do you ask for the debconf priority at the beginning? I think it > should just be "high" by default and people who want something lower can > pass "DEBCONF_PRIORITY". I guess/hope this is currently

Bug#224620: dhcp & lvm problems, partconf & GRUB wishlist

2003-12-21 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Glenn McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-21 09:02]: > Its only logical that setting the priority should happen after the user > has choosen a language, that way they have a better chance of > understanding the issue. Most users simply won't need it at all; and those you do can read about it in

Bug#224620: dhcp & lvm problems, partconf & GRUB wishlist

2003-12-20 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Denis Barbier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-20 21:24]: > > Why do you ask for the debconf priority at the beginning? I think it > > should just be "high" by default and people who want something lower can > > pass "DEBCONF_PRIORITY". I guess/hope this is currently only asked for > > testing, and

Bug#224620: dhcp & lvm problems, partconf & GRUB wishlist

2003-12-20 Thread Glenn McGrath
On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 18:33:56 +0100 Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why do you ask for the debconf priority at the beginning? I think it > should just be "high" by default and people who want something lower > can pass "DEBCONF_PRIORITY". I guess/hope this is currently only > asked

Bug#224620: dhcp & lvm problems, partconf & GRUB wishlist

2003-12-20 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* tbm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-20 18:33]: > At some point I went into the partition a hard drive menu. It showed me: > > Finish > I chose my hard drive, got into cfdisk, did my stuff and quit. After that, > the menu was on the hard drive again. I think it should be one menu item > f

Bug#224620: dhcp & lvm problems, partconf & GRUB wishlist

2003-12-20 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* tbm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-20 18:33]: > Since I didn't have or want a network, I wanted to choose "Detect and mount > CD-ROM" next. However, that would show the DHCP error again. I could only > continue after manually configuring an IP address. Please don't assume I > want a network just

Bug#224620: dhcp & lvm problems, partconf & GRUB wishlist

2003-12-20 Thread Denis Barbier
On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 06:33:56PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: [...] > Why do you ask for the debconf priority at the beginning? I think it > should just be "high" by default and people who want something lower can > pass "DEBCONF_PRIORITY". I guess/hope this is currently only asked for > test

Bug#224620: dhcp & lvm problems, partconf & GRUB wishlist

2003-12-20 Thread Martin Michlmayr
Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: daily built from 17-Dec-2003 http://people.debian.org/~manty/testing/netinst/i386/daily/ sarge-i386-netinst.iso 17-Dec-2003 07:34 120M uname -a: 2.4.22 Date: Sat Dec 20 18:07:00 CET 2003 Method: boot from IDE CD-ROM, us