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On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 4:45 AM, Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Monday, 18 December 2017 09:49:41 GMT Adam Carter wrote: |
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>> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> |
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>> wrote: |
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>> > Hello list, |
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>> > I've been running Linux systems since 1994, calling my private LAN mynet |
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>> > (bowdlerised). Now I come to install neth server on one machine, it |
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>> > insists that I tell it a domain name with at least two dots in it. |
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>> That's dumb, and may be an omen on what the rest of it is like. |
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> Yes, I've been forming a similar impression while wrestling with the |
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> installation. I found I couldn't even touch the partitioning setup without |
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> causing it to fail - and so I couldn't see what it was going to do; I just |
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> had to give it the whole disk to play with, with no others present like USB. |
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> The progress bar stayed static throughout each installation phase, switching |
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> back and forth at the end of each phase. Then, the initial config has to be |
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> done in a browser on another box, after signing in to the web page as root. |
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> The docs don't say that. |
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That is unfortunate. I've been having a bear of a time with Ubuntu and |
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its mail packages, and hoped I could try something less offensive. |
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> I'd been encouraged to try Neth by a score of 9/10 in a certain magazine |
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> known to one of our contributors here. |
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Are there any others? I find I keep experiencing issues with the |
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existing configuration, but I still keep looking. |
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Cheers, |
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R0b0t1 |
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