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[∅ <carsrcoffins23@xxxxxxxxx>]

ok i guess i was crazy [1]. debian-installer is tracked on launchpad.
so here's the bug report:
http://launchpad.net/bugs/1170597

wxl

[1] rather, here's where the confusion came from:
https://launchpad.net/debian-installer (first hit for debian-installer
in the search engine) vs.
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 8:29 AM, ∅ <carsrcoffins23@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I could have sworn this wasn't the case but if bugs on the Debian tracker
> are updated, then maybe you never could install without a network
> connection. Debian-installer cannot be reported with ubuntu-bug, it appears,
> because its bugs are not tracked there but with the Debian tracker. There is
> a bug there describing this problem from 2007, though:
> http://bugs.debian.org/429926
>
> wxl
>
> On Apr 16, 2013 10:55 PM, "∅" <carsrcoffins23@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> a week or so ago i did an alternate install with no network. it carried on
>> like normal and i had no problems.
>>
>> today, using 20130416, selecting the option to not configure the network
>> at this time leads to the installer asking to select a mirror. if a mirror
>> is selected, it then attempts to connect to it, which fails. game over.
>>
>> did something change? i can't imagine so because i can install desktop
>> without a network.
>>
>> it sure would be ideal to not have it be this way. not everyone has access
>> to ethernet and those that don't can't always access wifi readily (read:
>> b43). busybox (alternate's shell) doesn't have the capacity a standard shell
>> would and so it's difficult to get around this latter issue, for example.
>>
>> any thoughts?
>>
>> wxl