Package: debian-installer Version: 20170615 Severity: important Tags: d-i If any network card is active, installer downloads (updates?) packages from internet anyway. Some people need to make and complete offline installs, for example for bandwidth reasons (and having an usable computer soon).
The alternative of selecting no network card results into another problem: no NIC is registered at /etc/network/interfaces and the lack needs to be fixed manually. And in some scenarios (virtual machines too) it's not easy to unplug cable being NIC present.
