On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 05:15:02PM +0000, Philipp Kern wrote: > 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.)
Because that's way more complicated for your typical user doing an install than just boot the cd and answer the questions. I am all in favour of having a good default for the mirror selection, but I am highly against not asking about it. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
