Why is adding a new Ubuntu PC to an existing LAN such a pain?

[Ouattara Oumar Aziz]

> You know what I mean! The same address range of course.

The way you expressed it wasn't that obvious. More, you don't have to 
put static ip on to be on the same address range. DHCP is very wel done 
for that.

> And it wouldn't be a pain at all if the install script just asked a
> simple "DHCP? Yes/No" question.

I guess I should say you got a point here.

> As for other comments later in this thread from users who have clearly
> not actually tried what I am describing, I would like to know how on
> earth one is supposed to enter scripts, setup, etc, etc, when the PC is
> not responding to any commands. No shell, no menu activity, nothing. All
> you can do to get back some control is to reboot and that is far too
> like Windows for my liking.

Well, the standard answer to that question is : put on the live cd, 
mount your linux partition and chroot inside.

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