On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 03:59:21PM +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: > > > Update IP addresses (both IPv4 and IPv6) of current ftp.NetBSD.org. > > > > > > XXX: is it still worth to note those numbers in INSTALL docs nowadays? > > > > It's not uncommon for DNS to not be working in the installer for one > > reason or another. > > You mean you install from a remote host on a network without working DNS > server and without the ability the lookup the IP yourself out of band? > I don't think the numbers should be present in long term documents.
Yes, sometimes. Not everyone has a roomful of computers, or a roomful of computers at every location, or a roomful of computers that can safely be allowed on the internet while you're servicing their firewall. For example. If DNS won't go, any IP addresses you need that you failed to write down before you started the install are a show-stopper; you need to abort the install, boot something else, and look them up, and hopefully the old OS still boots. In principle this shouldn't happen; but then in principle ISPs should provide working DNS servers, too... they don't always. I dunno, I think as long as the expected lifetime of the IP address is comparable to or exceeds the lifetime of the release (which has mostly been the case in the past) writing it down and hedging it with provisos is still useful. -- David A. Holland dholl...@netbsd.org