On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 07:45:22AM +0800, Patrick Lauer wrote: > On 12/05/2013 05:30 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 4:25 PM, William Hubbs <willi...@gentoo.org> wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 06:46:36PM +0200, Samuli Suominen wrote: > >>> seems like a virtual that wouldn't do anything useful except pull in > >>> random package(s) a la binary-distribution style > >> > >> What about the stages? Don't we need some form of net support in > >> stage 3? > >> > > > > That's debatable. For a typical install, the user has to install other > > basic stuff like a boot loader, kernel, etc. So having them also > > select a network config framework seems logical. > > > > Is there a use case for a stage3 in which installing netifrc by hand > > is impractical? > > > Well ... > > I remember filing a bug quite a while ago because we didn't have a dhcp > client included anymore. This made installs quite annoying because > before it was stage3, kernel, bootloader, go! > > And now it was go ... stop ... reboot ... install dhcp client ... > grremblwrrxrmkrxtlmrrrg .... reboot
Are you sure this was caused by an issue in the stages? The description you are giving sounds like an issue with the LiveCD. William
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