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["Str8bs" <str8bslinux@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wxl,

I was unable to replicate on a G3 iMac using 20130418 alternate. Maybe it has something to do with b43? I don't have any PPC hardware with Wi-Fi to test.
I tested two ways while Ethernet unplugged and booted from usb.
1. Not configure network at this time.
2. Configure network manually and just plug in information. (Even though the machine was not plugged in to Ethernet.)
Neither prompted me for a mirror and went on to complete the installation. I'll try AMD64 later to see if that differs.

Regards,
Str8

-----Original Message-----
From: Lubuntu-qa [mailto:lubuntu-qa-bounces+str8bslinux=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ø
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 11:13 AM
To: lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Ubuntu Mailing list
Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] alternate w/o network incorrectly configuring mirrors

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

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