On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 07:27:30AM -0700, cariboo907 wrote: > On 12-09-13 05:25 AM, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 07:39:14AM +0800, Mikael Ström wrote: > >> I think dropping the alternate CD would be a serious mistake. There > >> are many of us who depends on installing via this CD for various > >> reasons, like boot issues, Video card problems, CLI only installs > >> etc.
> > Are you aware that it's possible to use the netboot mini.iso for largely > > the same use cases (it does help to have a local mirror if you're doing > > lots of installs, but if you're just doing one then the cost of > > downloading the image vs. doing the netboot install is basically > > equivalent)? > > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/ > The netboot iso needs wireless device firmware to make it usable by all > users. There are now laptops being sold without an ethernet connector. This is a fixable bug. If there is firmware not included in the mini iso that you need in order for it to be usable on a particular machine, please file a bug report against the debian-installer package in launchpad. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [email protected] [email protected]
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