Re: Usablity: network configuration on machine without a network card (beta4 and tc1)

Thank you both. In fact, I followed both suggestions, as there are 2 distinct issues: 1) ethdetect endless loop: it was already reported, I added comment to bug #253402 2) netcfg handling of the situation when there is no network card: I added comment to bug #243543 See U, Baptiste -- To UNSUBSC

Re: Usablity: network configuration on machine without a network card (beta4 and tc1)

Baptiste Carvello wrote: > tc1: A few changes, but only to make it worse: after choosing "none of > the above", I get a proposition to provide a driver floppy, and when I > anser "no", I get cycled back to the previous question. The only way to > get to the menu is pressing the ESC key. Please

Re: Usablity: network configuration on machine without a network card(beta4 and tc1)

In http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/06/msg01180.html Baptiste Carvello wrote: > /etc/network/interfaces is empty The same problem was reported in #243543 but was reported to have been fixed already. Please check there to see if you think that the circumstances are the same. -- Thomas Hood

Usablity: network configuration on machine without a network card (beta4 and tc1)

Hi all, Repies: please CC me, I'm not subscribed to the list. Hardware: NEC Versa VX laptop (year 2000) Processor: Pentium III 450MHz Memory: 192M * No onboard network card * Summary: Installation was successful using the default choices, both with beta4 and tc1. But without a network card, netcfg