On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, Keld [iso-8859-1] J�rn Simonsen wrote: > Another way of doing things was to early on in the install process to > ask whether errata should be installed, that is, before installing all > the packages. That would mean that errors in the distribution could be > remedied. I had an error with the drakx install script that it was in > the wrong charset, this was highly annoying - if the script could go out > and ask if errata should be applied very early then errors like these > could be avoided.
Aren't these usually addressed by "patch" floppy images? You image a floppy, boot the installation disk, type 'patch' at the syslinux prompt, and put the floppy in later. > And it would save quite some time in a network install > if you do not need to first download the erroneous packages and then > the coorections. Of course, it would also be useful if you could specify the updates mirror to use, or if it would also check the mirror you are installing from for the standard updates location (since that is probably the nearest/fastest mirror anyway). Regards, Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 ****************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. ******************************************************************
