From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 06:25:15 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Allen To: voidlinux Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <71a77c7f-8302-4290-9556-0f121c0865ea@googlegroups.com> References: <71a77c7f-8302-4290-9556-0f121c0865ea@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Network setup twice during void installation? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_720_707910222.1452263115625" ------=_Part_720_707910222.1452263115625 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_721_1248160753.1452263115626" ------=_Part_721_1248160753.1452263115626 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 8:38:29 AM UTC-4, Donald Allen wrote: > > Running void-installer, one of the early items is 'Network'. I dutifully > set up the network (in the install I just did, I set up the ethernet > interface with a static IP address). The next step in the install relates > to where the installation files are coming from (I've forgotten the exact > wording in the menu). When you select that, you have two options: local and > network. If you select 'network' it asks you to set up the network again. > As an experiment, as this point I set it up to use dhcp, to see if the > second setup over-rode the first. It does, as evidenced by the system > coming up post-install with an assigned IP address, rather than the static > address I'd previously specified. What is going on here? On the face of it, > asking twice for the network setup makes no sense and I have not yet found > any documentation explaining what the installer thinks it's doing. Is there > a sensible rationale for this or is it a bug? > > /Don Allen > Any idea when this will be fixed? It really is pretty bogus and I'm surprised that it hasn't been addressed in the four months since I originally posted this. I would think that asking the question "has the network already been configured?" and skipping the request to set it up again (and then, after collecting the information, failing -- a new behavior since I last tried Void, which is even more annoying; this is like calling your credit card company, being asked to type in the account number and then when a human comes on the line, asks for your account number) would not be difficult. /Don Allen ------=_Part_721_1248160753.1452263115626 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 8:38:29 AM UTC-4, Donald Allen = wrote:
Running= void-installer, one of the early items is 'Network'. I dutifully s= et up the network (in the install I just did, I set up the ethernet interfa= ce with a static IP address). The next step in the install relates to where= the installation files are coming from (I've forgotten the exact wordi= ng in the menu). When you select that, you have two options: local and netw= ork. If you select 'network' it asks you to set up the network agai= n. As an experiment, as this point I set it up to use dhcp, to see if the s= econd setup over-rode the first. It does, as evidenced by the system coming= up post-install with an assigned IP address, rather than the static addres= s I'd previously specified. What is going on here? On the face of it, a= sking twice for the network setup makes no sense and I have not yet found a= ny documentation explaining what the installer thinks it's doing. Is th= ere a sensible rationale for this or is it a bug?

/Don Allen

Any idea when this will be fixed? It really is pret= ty bogus and I'm surprised that it hasn't been addressed in the fou= r months since I originally posted this. I would think that asking the ques= tion "has the network already been configured?" and skipping the = request to set it up again (and then, after collecting the information, fai= ling -- a new behavior since I last tried Void, which is even more annoying= ; this is like calling your credit card company, being asked to type in the= account number and then when a human comes on the line, asks for your acco= unt number) would not be difficult.

/Don Allen
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