Re: does anybody remember which debian release was it that asked for the MAC ID details at the end ?
On 2016-07-19 16:13, Lennart Sorensen wrote: I don't think so. I can't think of a reason the installer would ever ask for the MAC, unless you are talking some odd ball ARM hardware that didn't have a MAC in hardware and required the user to provide one. But would Debian have even had an installer for such a thing? Note that there are parts that parse BOOTIF= from the kernel command-line. That's a different case of MAC address passing, but it exists. Mostly to tell the OS which network card the machine PXE booted from, to continue using that interface during installation/early boot. Kind regards Philipp Kern
Re: does anybody remember which debian release was it that asked for the MAC ID details at the end ?
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 01:45:58AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > Not me. > And I think there was never such bug as asking for MAC details from the User. I have certainly never seen it, and don't recall any such thing in any installer I have used since 2.0. > In https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=295888 is > an user request asking _showing_ MAC address. Quoting the BR: > > | Primary network interface: > | eth0: BROADCOM Corporation NetXtreme BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet > | eth1: BROADCOM Corporation NetXtreme BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet > | > | The user has no chance to select the right network interface. > | At least the MAC address should be displayed. > > > The installation would continue without tricks > just by picking an I/F. That I can certainly believe, which would have been a hassle for those affected by it. > > I am in midst of making a presentation hence need that historical > > information for accuracy. > > Was there ever the bug as the original poster described? I don't think so. I can't think of a reason the installer would ever ask for the MAC, unless you are talking some odd ball ARM hardware that didn't have a MAC in hardware and required the user to provide one. But would Debian have even had an installer for such a thing? Searching the bug database for bugs mentioning mac in the subject (which I would hope anyone submitting a bug about such a problem would have used) against debian-installer and boot-floppies, I see nothing what so ever that as anything like this in archived and unarchived bugs. -- Len Sorensen
Re: does anybody remember which debian release was it that asked for the MAC ID details at the end ?
On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 10:08:47PM +, shirish ??? wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anybody remember which release of Debian was it that had the bug > where d-i used to ask for MAC ID details during the end phase > (networking phase) to the user and if s/he didn't know the MAC ID > details the installation couldn't move further (unless one knew some > tricks). > > I know for a fact that it was fixed in squeeze but it was in one of > the releases before. From the Wikipedia page it becomes clear that d-i > was introduced in Sarge in June 2005 so it has to be between 2005 and > 2011. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Debian_releases#Debian_3.1_.28Sarge.29 > > Does anybody know which release had that bug ? Not me. And I think there was never such bug as asking for MAC details from the User. In https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=295888 is an user request asking _showing_ MAC address. Quoting the BR: | Primary network interface: | eth0: BROADCOM Corporation NetXtreme BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet | eth1: BROADCOM Corporation NetXtreme BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet | | The user has no chance to select the right network interface. | At least the MAC address should be displayed. The installation would continue without tricks just by picking an I/F. > I am in midst of making a presentation hence need that historical > information for accuracy. Was there ever the bug as the original poster described? > Look forward to know. Let us, the mailinglist, known. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven
Re: does anybody remember which debian release was it that asked for the MAC ID details at the end ?
On Mon, Jul 18, 2016, at 18:08, shirish शिरीष wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anybody remember which release of Debian was it that had the bug > where d-i used to ask for MAC ID details during the end phase > (networking phase) to the user and if s/he didn't know the MAC ID > details the installation couldn't move further (unless one knew some > tricks). > > I know for a fact that it was fixed in squeeze but it was in one of > the releases before. From the Wikipedia page it becomes clear that d-i > was introduced in Sarge in June 2005 so it has to be between 2005 and > 2011. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Debian_releases#Debian_3.1_.28Sarge.29 > > Does anybody know which release had that bug ? > > I am in midst of making a presentation hence need that historical > information for accuracy. > > Look forward to know. I think I have used all Debian releases between Sarge and Stretch, and I don't remember any such bug. Then again, I didn't necessarily *install* all those releases. There may have been some releases where I only did an upgrade. Furthermore, I usually only use a stable installer. A bug in the testing release of the installer that was fixed before it became the stable installer is not likely one that I would have encountered. Sorry I can't be more helpful. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-
does anybody remember which debian release was it that asked for the MAC ID details at the end ?
Hi all, Does anybody remember which release of Debian was it that had the bug where d-i used to ask for MAC ID details during the end phase (networking phase) to the user and if s/he didn't know the MAC ID details the installation couldn't move further (unless one knew some tricks). I know for a fact that it was fixed in squeeze but it was in one of the releases before. From the Wikipedia page it becomes clear that d-i was introduced in Sarge in June 2005 so it has to be between 2005 and 2011. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Debian_releases#Debian_3.1_.28Sarge.29 Does anybody know which release had that bug ? I am in midst of making a presentation hence need that historical information for accuracy. Look forward to know. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com EB80 462B 08E1 A0DE A73A 2C2F 9F3D C7A4 E1C4 D2D8
