On 2011-03-07, Lennart Sorensen <[email protected]> wrote: > As someone with a local copy of debian since we have about 50 debian > machiens running, having to do expert install to manually enter the > mirror would be a huge pain in the ass. > > So I think that would be a lousy default unless it asks if I want to > use that. Some things really do have to be asked. Where to install > from is one of them. Now having an option of 'use a nearby mirror' > when it asks makes lots of sense, but it must ask.
Why not using netinstall with a tiny bit of preseeding? Something like this added to the boot parameters is usually enough: mirror/country=manual mirror/http/hostname=ftp.de.debian.org mirror/http/directory=/debian/ (You still get a normal installer up and running, just that question will be skipped.) Kind regards Philipp Kern -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
