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On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 07:45:22AM +0800, Patrick Lauer wrote: |
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> On 12/05/2013 05:30 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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> > On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 4:25 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote: |
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> >> On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 06:46:36PM +0200, Samuli Suominen wrote: |
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> >>> seems like a virtual that wouldn't do anything useful except pull in |
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> >>> random package(s) a la binary-distribution style |
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> >> What about the stages? Don't we need some form of net support in |
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> >> stage 3? |
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> > That's debatable. For a typical install, the user has to install other |
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> > basic stuff like a boot loader, kernel, etc. So having them also |
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> > select a network config framework seems logical. |
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> > Is there a use case for a stage3 in which installing netifrc by hand |
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> > is impractical? |
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> Well ... |
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> I remember filing a bug quite a while ago because we didn't have a dhcp |
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> client included anymore. This made installs quite annoying because |
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> before it was stage3, kernel, bootloader, go! |
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> And now it was go ... stop ... reboot ... install dhcp client ... |
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> grremblwrrxrmkrxtlmrrrg .... reboot |
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Are you sure this was caused by an issue in the stages? The description |
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you are giving sounds like an issue with the LiveCD. |
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William |