ubuntu install fiasco

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 11:05 -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> > I'm actually trying to figure out what Llama is doing that he is able to check
> > the apache logs...
> >
> > You plunk in the CD, intall the thing, and at the end, if the Internet is
> > available, it checks for and installs updates.  If the Internet isn't
> > available, nothing happens.  you still have a perfectly functional machine.
> > One point to add, however, is that the installers for the last few versions
> > have commented out the sources in /etc/apt/sources.list if the Internet is
> > not available.  You simply need to go back in and remove the leading "# "
> > form in front of the various lines.
> 
> I'm doing a kickstart installatoin.  There is no CD, its all over the 
> network.
> 
> >
> > But Llama would find a way to complain :)
> 
> Ubuntu gives me plenty to complain about.
> 
> >
> > BTW, what about the very top of the Wiki page?
> > Kickstart compatibility is available as of Hoary. Contact ColinWatson for
> > help, requests for improvement, etc.
> >
> > ColinWatson: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ColinWatson
> 
> Right, and when you click that link, what do you see?

"This page does not exist yet. You can create a new empty page, or use
one of the page templates. Before creating the page, please check if a
similar page already exists."

The title of the page looks really great!! ;) Ric
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