Shawn Walker wrote: > Frank Ludolph wrote: >> zhongyuan sun - Sun Microsystems - Beijing China wrote: >>> Thanks, I think more display screens will be added to the configuration >>> function like config name service(NIS/DNS....) >>> >> On the GUI side there are no new screens or functionality. The >> interactions will only be added to the text-based side which I'm >> working on. > > Why does the text-based installer need to diverge? Should not the > same reasonings apply (largely) to the text installer as they do to > the GUI installer? That is, do you really want to revisit > configuration hell in the install process? > > Duplicating functionality already provided by the system, or that > really belongs at first boot seems like a dangerous road... > The text-based installer is being slanted more toward server installations. NWAM will still run when the media is booted, but the text-based installer will offer the opportunity to set a static IP address. There are no plans to add naming service screens to the text installer. The question arose that in the text-based media, if there is no DHCP, how will be DDU be able to reach the network to access drivers from a repo?
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