the menu based installer (1.4.0 RC2) cannot be used on some VPS-es (e.g. https://1984.is) when:
1) there is no DHCP on the network, and therefore the network must be configured manually, and 2) they provide only a WEB based console, where it is not possible to send CTRL+ALT+Fn to switch virtual consoles. what happens with the workflow is that it gets stuck in a deadend where it checks for network upstream, fails, and the only option is to press retry, i.e. a dead-end. a suggested solution: when the network check fails, then it should get back to a toplevel menu where there's an option to start a shell, which when exited goes back to the menu. another option in the menu is to try to continue to checking network upstream again. HTH, - attila
