On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 07:31:20PM -0700, ABSDoug wrote: > If you boot up a fresh install of Debian & after you boot up, plug in your > Ethernet cable & try to add software, > Debian asks for the install disk. If you plug in Ethernet BEFORE you boot up > it will look online for software. >
Think :) - This is by design, particularly if you consider the use of network install media. 1. Rare case now - you have no network at all. All installation must be done from CDs / DVDs. The apt sources list points to the DVD install media by default (You have nothing else, right?). 2. You boot from the netinst / business card CDs [PXE boot optional]. There is only enough on the disk to find a network,bootstrap a kernel and carry on [business card/PXE] or to install a bare bones base system in addition [netinst - at about 100-150MB] If your network isn't connected, you lose (and should get an error message somewhere). 3. You boot from the DVD _and_ a network cable is found. At this point, you're asked whether you want to use the network. In Testing at the moment, I think the message is even something along the lines of "You're currently installing from a CD/DVD - do you want to use netwrok repositories?" If you're on an isolated network / behind a firewall which doesn't allow Internet access / at a friend's house and don't want their router to configure your DHCP - you might want to carry on using the CD/DVD. If you say "No" to the network, you should still get the DVD as your primary apt source. If you say yes, then the DVD entry in /etc/apt/sources.list should be commented out with a # as part of the final clean up process. If all else fails _ALWAYS_ check the /etc/apt/sources.list file, as that should tell you what's what. It is human editable and is read in order from top to bottom. Hope this helps, AndyC > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/954519.99630...@web52007.mail.re2.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100610062536.ga1...@galactic.demon.co.uk
