On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 08:49:24AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > Robert: Could you provide a bit longer description with the "auto" option > in grub?
It just mirrors the same boot options offered by the official installer (except "rescue" which doesn't make much sense in this context). The only differences are: - "auto" is the default - in graphical mode, the GRUB menu is hidden, with a 0 timeout (i.e. you have ~1s to press ESC if you want to activate it) > Running at critical priority is normally really only used for > preseeded installations, although I can see the attraction of using it > with goodbye-MS... Yes, I felt like it was quite important to ask the very least questions possible for the kind of unexperienced users I'm targetting here. However, when I took this decision... > Back to Brian and the log you provided... > > Jan 29 09:39:13 main-menu[1135]: INFO: Menu item 'localechooser' selected > Here I can see you selected English/Australia. > > Jan 29 09:39:39 main-menu[1135]: INFO: Menu item 'ethdetect' selected > Jan 29 09:39:41 main-menu[1135]: INFO: Menu item 'netcfg' selected > Network configuration seems to have gone fine. > > Jan 29 09:39:47 main-menu[1135]: INFO: Menu item 'choose-mirror' selected > At this point you should have had the option to select a mirror and you > should have had the option of entering a proxy. By default Australia > should have been selected as country for which to display available > mirrors. > But, these questions _are_ skipped and default values (ftp.debian.org) > used if you chose the "auto" option. ...I was under the assumption that questions undisplayed due to prio=crit always reverted to defaults. Shouldn't the default mirror for Australia be used instead? -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]