Hi, just before debconf I bought a new laptop. Crypto-LVM initialization took so long that I ended up having to finish the installation in my hotel room with only WPA2 network. I used
Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.2.1 "Squeeze" - Official amd64 CD Binary-1 20110626-16:33 and chose the desktop and laptop tasks during installation. During the "Could we make desktop users need their local Debian geeks less?" BoF I wondered if it was normal that my new installation did not offer Shutdown as an option in GNOME's System->Shut Down dialog. It took me a while to realize what's going on. CD1 does not contain the all the components that are part of the laptop and desktop tasks. Yet the installer is not able to warn the users about this. So if you have a WPA network and you install from CD1 you will end up with an incomplete system. At this point I found http://raphaelhertzog.com/2011/06/13/why-you-should-always-have-a-network-connection-when-installing-debian/ Would it be possible for d-i to detect this scenario and at least warn the user about it? Something like "You have not configured networking. This means that tasks ${LIST_OF_TASKS} can not be fully installed. You can still continue and install the missing parts by running tasksel manually at a later time." should help. I'll file this as a wishlist bug against d-i unless I get feedback that suggests something else :-) -Timo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8462m7636s....@sauna.l.org