> rc3 failed first in manual network configuration, not accepting > 10.0.0.1 (nor other addresses from the private classes) as a valid IP. > When editing the IP address after the installer complained, neither > backspace or left arrow worked at first; however I was able to jump to > the beginning of the line with ctrl-a and use delete or ctrl-d to > delete text. After inserting some text at the beginning of the line, > backspace suddenly started to work.
This seems to remind me a very old bug which occurred when one enteres a high-ascii character inadvertently in a debconf dialog. Joey, do you remember that one�?

