Quoting Bill Allombert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Then it proceed with the `Configure network via DHCP'. This one is > really painful, since it lock the install for a long time since I have > no DHCP server, but I was not offered to skip this stage and go directly > to 'Configure a static network'.
That one also pisses me off (sorry for maybe too trivial language, folks...I do not really intend to be rude, just a bit humor). I think this is a design choice mostly. People, from the d-i team, who worked during the earlier stages of d-i development can probably explain this choice. > I think 'Configure a static network' asks question in the wrong order. > In a lot of case, hostname, domainname are not required for installing. > (and a lot of people don't have a domainname either. > Even the DNS server is not always needed. > So it should ask first: > the IP > the netmask > the gateway I definitely confirm. Most OS (including Windows flavors) ask these basic question in this order (or, for WIndows, by first showing the IP address/netmask tab) I indeed entered the wrong parameters during some of my own tests and put my IP address....in the "domain" field..�:-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
