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rhlinux installer issues
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (andrew m. boardman)
Thu Aug 7 20:29:43 2003
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 20:29:40 -0400
Message-Id: <200308080029.h780TeOV023424@pothole.mit.edu>
From: "andrew m. boardman" <amb@MIT.EDU>
To: release-team@MIT.EDU
CC: sly@MIT.EDU, jdreed@MIT.EDU
As initially reported in bugs[23488], there's a weird interaction with
the rhlinux installer's advanced network configuration screen and MITnet
address. I've just added the text below to the rhlinux INSTRUCTIONS file
in the bootkit locker. It should be relatively trivially fixable; in the
meantime, it doesn't look like it should have too much of an impact.
***
*** PROBLEMS WITH THE RHLINUX VERSION 4 INSTALLER, RELEASED 7 AUGUST 2003,
*** AND SOME MITNET ADDRESSES
***
If you are installing from an MITnet address, the installer can usually
look up your address in its database and determine the correct network
settings. If your local settings are nonstandard, however, you would
normally use the "Advanced" button on the initial screen ("Simple TCP/IP
Configuration") to reach the advanced configuration page where you can
enter your nonstandard settings. However, if you select the "Advanced"
page and immediately enter an MITnet address, the installer will crash.
To work around this bug, go to the advanced configuration page and first
enter a non-MITnet address ("1.1.1.1", for instance) in the "IP address"
field, and press enter. (Bogus default values will be filled in for the
other fields.) You can then correct these entries, including the "IP
address" field, with no problem.
Use of the "Advanced" page with non-MITnet address, or to use the "DHCP"
checkbox, will not crash the installer.
