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Re: strange problem with usb wifi adapter

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On Sb, 11 dec 21, 14:57:42, Joe wrote:
> 
> I did my first netinstall without asking for expert mode (I assumed it
> would do a decent job by itself, and I did not consider myself an
> expert) and this was when I had only a couple of computers and used
> hosts files and static addressing. Under those conditions, the
> installer did not install Ethernet networking in the installed system,
> despite having used it itself in order to make the installation. 
> 
> I reported this behaviour as a bug and was rather tersely told that it
> was a feature. No expert + no DHCP = no Ethernet. OK, I could have been
> building an isolated certificate authority machine, but surely then I'd
> have used expert mode...
> 
> I don't know if installers still do that, it's many years since I ran a
> network without DHCP, and I *always* use expert mode, even for routine
> throwaway installations.

The configuration used during the installation is passed on to the final 
system. It has been like this since at least sarge.


Kind regards,
Andrei
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  Re: strange problem with usb wifi adapter <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-12-11 08:50 +0100
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        Re: strange problem with usb wifi adapter Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2021-12-11 10:00 +0100
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      Re: strange problem with usb wifi adapter <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-12-11 09:50 +0100
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