Unlucky install report

Matt Zimmerman mdz at ubuntu.com
Thu Apr 14 10:13:34 CDT 2005


On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 04:07:21PM +0100, Rui Tiago Matos wrote:

> On 4/14/05, Matt Zimmerman <mdz at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > The default install tries DHCP, and if it succeeds, it assumes that you want
> > to use DHCP.  Using static configuration on a DHCP network is at best a
> > corner case, and at worst an error.  Nonetheless, I believe you have this
> > choice in the expert install.
> 
> One problem I've experienced in this scenario is when you have a DHCP
> network but must use a proxy to access the Internet. On the hoary
> install the user who doesn't know about the expert installation (where
> it is asked) will have to wait a _lot_ of time during the setup of the
> apt sources.

Yes, there is a bug open about this in Bugzilla.

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 - mdz



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