> > You could also download a CD or DVD image and burn 10 or > 20 discs. That allows installation without internet connection > on many machines at the same time. > And you have something to hand out to the people ... > > Holger > No, I couldn't. Each one of these discs will download packages from internet.
And if network card is not configured, people will have no iface registered at /etc/network/interfaces and no mirror to use later at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/base.list All this combination is a labyrinth to do what a user WANTS to do. Recommendations, defaults, warnings, etc. are a way, but prohibitions and obligations are a very different way about relation between FOSS and users.
