* bug#60160: installer: installing on a VPS
@ 2022-12-17 14:14 Attila Lendvai
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From: Attila Lendvai @ 2022-12-17 14:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 60160
the menu based installer (1.4.0 RC2) cannot be used on some VPS-es
(e.g. https://1984.is) when:
1) there is no DHCP on the network, and therefore the network must be
configured manually, and
2) they provide only a WEB based console, where it is not possible to
send CTRL+ALT+Fn to switch virtual consoles.
what happens with the workflow is that it gets stuck in a deadend
where it checks for network upstream, fails, and the only option is to
press retry, i.e. a dead-end.
a suggested solution:
when the network check fails, then it should get back to a toplevel
menu where there's an option to start a shell, which when exited goes
back to the menu. another option in the menu is to try to continue to
checking network upstream again.
HTH,
- attila
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