Sent from my iPad
> On Mar 21, 2017, at 2:01 PM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tuesday 21 March 2017 17:15:32 Catherine Gramze wrote: >> Sent from my iPad >> >>>> On Mar 21, 2017, at 11:10 AM, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: >>>>> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 02:55:07PM +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote: >>>>> On Tuesday 21 March 2017 14:33:29 Catherine Gramze wrote: >>>>> Refusing to continue an installation that will inevitably be a failure >>>>> is how it should act. >>>> >>>> Rot. It will not "inevitably be a failure". It can be a very good way >>>> out of some problems. >>> >>> Agreed. Some people may want to install Debian on a computer that >>> doesn't have a network interface *at all*. They should be able to do so. >>> They *are* able to do so. >> >> Of course they should. But a netinst dvd or usb stick is not the best tool >> for that. The very name lets you know that a network is going to be needed. >> Netinst is not the only installer, you know. > > Yes, we do know. You seem not to do so. I specifically asked which > installer > you had used and were talking about. > And I specified it was the netinst about 8 posts ago, immediately in response to you asking. And I have repeatedly since then mentioned netinst. You might try reading what I say instead of skimming it for things to object to.
