On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 12:00, Todd Lyons wrote:
> Keld J�rn Simonsen wrote on Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 02:43:12PM +0100 :
> > > > 8.2 gold: when installing a lan it does not chose dhcp
> > > > as the default. I think that would be beneficial, it was done
> > > Then the question is the default, which is arguable... You just
> > > need to check a checkbox and that's it, I don't think it's so
> > > hard.
> > True, it is not so hard. For me it is just a wish, and I know
> > newbies would be happy that it would be so. I am just trying to make
> > MDK the most newbie and user friendly distro available:-)
>
> In my experience, setting dhcp as default causes more complaints about
> "my computer takes forever to boot up". I like it set at static
> personally.
>
> Blue skies... Todd
I agree. I thought it was very intuitive that DHCP is not added as a
default package but only when the network is being set up -- it is then
installed as one of the needed packages.
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/curtis ><>
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