On 01/16/2017 07:56 PM, Josh Triplett wrote: > On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 12:30:03PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 11:51:43PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote: >>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 01:13:13AM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >>>> On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 04:53:26PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote: >>>>> Package: installation-reports >>>>> Severity: normal >>>>> >>>>> I tried doing an install with a Stretch RC1 netinst CD. Worked fine, >>>>> except that later in the install, right before asking about an apt >>>>> mirror, the installer asked about scaning additional CDs. Previous >>>>> versions of the netinst installer haven't asked that question; normally >>>>> only the full-CD installers ask that. >>>> >>>> This is a deliberate change, yes. It makes the firmware netinsts more >>>> useful now, for example... >>> >>> I thought that firmware had a separate prompting mechanism, triggered by >>> the detection of missing firmware? If the installer notices missing >>> firmware, it prompts for separate firmware media. >> >> There's also some netinsts with firmware included [1], and those are >> the ones this will help with. The previous settings in apt-setup were >> not very consistent and *very* old, so I've tweaked which images will >> ask about extra media. > > How does it help for the firmware-included images? > It makes it possible to use them to install from CD rather than from the network.
Cheers, Julien
