------- Comment From thorsten.di...@de.ibm.com 2016-02-08 05:09 EDT------- (In reply to comment #11) > Hello, > > Installation is meant to only configure one network, the one needed to > complete the installation. Configuring all other connections should be done > at post install. > > Expert mode is actually quite a miss-label. Expert mode is to debug bugs in > the debian-installer itself, for debian-installer developers who are > comfortable breaking and recovering installer when it reaches incompatible > and wrong states. It is not meant to be used on day to day basis, even if > one is an otherwise a computing expert. This mode does not automatically > skip over any questions, and allows one to re-enter and re-configure things > mid-flight, and reach dead-ends in the installer state machine. > > Do not use expert mode for installation. It is a debugging facility / > step-by-step installer execution. > > I some obscure situations one may need to preseed certain keys, or > temporarily raise priority of the questions asked, or configure things from > the provided shell. But even in those rare situations, it doesn't warrant > use of the expert mode. > Good points, I didn't know that. Is it documented anywhere, or is it the generally known Ubuntu installation way? Maybe you can advise somebody to take care that this finds also it's way into the installation documentation, if not already there?
> Going back and re-configuring network, means that the first time around > incorrect network settings were provided, and one wishes to re-do the step. > Re-doing a step will wipe old answers, and use the new answers. This is > expected behavior for every step of d-i that is reversible. > > So it is correct behavior to strip existing network settings, and take/apply > newly supplied ones. Which is what the user requested the expert installer > to do. > > Are two network connections required to complete the installation? Can the > installation complete with just one network connection to an archive mirror? > No, only one network connection is needed, and I can't image a scenario that need two different network during installation. > Regards, > > Dimitri. Please check, whether this need to be described in the documentation. If so, let's treat this bug as documentation issue. If not, you may reject/close it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1542389 Title: ubuntu-installer drops network connection when trying to configure a second network device To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/1542389/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
