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Worked on yesterday's daily on amd so I guess it's a false alarm.

wxl
On Apr 19, 2013 1:18 PM, "∅" <carsrcoffins23@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> thanks for checking that. i need to re-check to see if this is the
> problem with the latest daily. i'll also check ppc myself. someone
> want to toss it on an x86?
>
> wxl
>
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Str8bs <str8bslinux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 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=
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> > 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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