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Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]>
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Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:04:46 -0500
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On Mon, 17 Oct 2011, Yasha Karant wrote:

> I am in the process of installing SL 6.1 from the install DVD.  Two
> suggestions:
>
> 1.  A workaround that will allow installation without an Internet
> connection for those who chose the DVD that contains the necessary RPMs,
> albeit not necessarily the latest and greatest.  Once installed, and the
> network is configured, then the usual update mechanism can install the
> latest and greatest production RPMs for the major release in question
> (e.g. SL 6).  Fortunately, the 5.7 Network Manager interface and data
> for our residential 802.11 ISP network is close enough to the 6.2
> version that I could copy data from a network activated laptop to the
> laptop upon which the 6.2 installation was being done.  It is not that I
> do not know how to configure to get to the ISP service, but that

I am in the process of fixing the need for the network for the install via 
the DVD.  I have a new install dvd iso image created.  This will be 
uploaded soon.
  >
> 2.  For a custom package selection, after one hits "next", put up a
> confirmation box so that one can continue the custom process, rather
> than moving forward with next -- allowing "back".
>

We will follow TUV.

> Yasha Karant
>

-Connie Sieh

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