On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Reindl Harald h.reindl@thelounge.net wrote:
Yes, let's go back to the days of typing the boot code in hex to get the system started. It's all optional
jesus christ a basic network connection is configured within 30 seconds wich some
echo "whatever" >> file
Umm, no. It takes me longer than that to find the mac address on the interface in question.
if someone is too lazy/stupid to configure the network with a base-install why in the world does he do a base-install at all?
My machines usually have 6 interfaces or so, are set up in one location, then moved to the production location with the final configuration (including IP's) done by operators that are better at windows than linux. Sorry if that doesn't match your view of the way the world should work.