Subject: install/9690: sysinst should let continue even if gateway doesn't respond to ping
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <e.delcamp@wanadoo.fr>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/28/2000 05:05:45
>Number: 9690
>Category: install
>Synopsis: sysinst should let continue even if gateway doesn't respond to ping
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: install-manager (NetBSD system installation bug manager)
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Mar 28 05:06:00 2000
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Eric Delcamp
>Organization:
>Release: NetBSD-1.4.2
>Environment:
>Description:
When installing via FTP, if the gateway is configured to NOT respond to ping but is alive and work, sysinst don't want to continue. It will be better to give the user an alternative ('do you want to continue ?') and continue the installation or not.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Must be trivial I think.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: