severity 509662 minor tags 509662 wontfix thanks On Wednesday 24 December 2008, Daniel Pocock wrote: > When the Debian installer is booted (either from CD or netboot), it > displays a graphical splash screen (splash.rle)
Hmm. Are you only talking about the splash screen (Etch installer) or (also) about the graphical boot menu used introduced in the Lenny installer? > When someone is accessing a server remotely using a HP iLO, they may > not have the iLO licensed for graphical modes (extra license fees have > to be paid to HP) > > Alternatively, someone may be using a serial port for remote access > (e.g. through a Cisco 2511 with multiple async ports) For both Etch and Lenny this issue is covered in the Installation Guide. See the notes in the following pages: - http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/i386/ch05s01.html.en#boot-screen - http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/i386/ch05s01.html.en#boot-screen > Therefore, it would be desirable to have one of these options: > - a non-graphical variation of the install CD We already have a huge number of installation media and variants... > - a pause before entering graphical mode, with the user having the > chance to press a key choosing non-graphical install > - no use of graphics until the user has explicitly agreed AFAIK syslinux/isolinux does not offer those options. I'm tagging this report wontfix as I don't really see any realistic way to do anything about it. Cheers, FJP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
