On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 10:08:30PM +0100, Thilo Six wrote: > David Shultz wrote the following on 30.01.2007 21:59: > > hi ;) > > <snip> > > > this is just a thought(please forgive my ignorance). > > no problem, you are welcome. > > > is it possible to install debian EtchRC1 without using > > the dhcp assigned ip address? > > Yes it is, but not with netinstall image. > Since i use pppoe myself which wasn´t supported until recently (at least i > didn´t know how) i always installed "offline" with aborting the network > discover. > just hit "abort" and then "move forward without configuring network" > (translated from german)
just want to second this as a viable option. I had an install where the netinstall could not get the network up, so carried on without it. Once booted into the real (very minimal system) network came up no problem and i proceeded from there. This only works, of course, if the drivers are in the main kernel image package but may not necessarily be in the kernel that netinstall boots for the install... A
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