On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 12:00, Todd Lyons wrote: > Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote on Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 02:43:12PM +0100 : > > > > 8.2 gold: when installing a lan it does not chose dhcp > > > > as the default. I think that would be beneficial, it was done > > > Then the question is the default, which is arguable... You just > > > need to check a checkbox and that's it, I don't think it's so > > > hard. > > True, it is not so hard. For me it is just a wish, and I know > > newbies would be happy that it would be so. I am just trying to make > > MDK the most newbie and user friendly distro available:-) > > In my experience, setting dhcp as default causes more complaints about > "my computer takes forever to boot up". I like it set at static > personally. > > Blue skies... Todd
I agree. I thought it was very intuitive that DHCP is not added as a default package but only when the network is being set up -- it is then installed as one of the needed packages. -- /curtis ><> Mandrake Linux 8.2 Kernel Version 2.4.18-2mdk Uptime 4 days 10 hours 14 minutes