[PLUG] Attempting to document a possible bug

[Ben Koenig]

I can almost guarantee that if you try and report this bug to debian you 
will be asked the following:


Can you describe the error in one or two sentences?

Can you provide a bullet pointed list of steps required to reproduce the 
error?


-Ben



On 3/7/21 4:08 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Background:
> About a decade ago my ISP decided to terminate their dial-up service.
> I had seen someone connecting their laptop to the web using a device 
> with the form factor of a USB flash drive. I liked the portability. A 
> T-Mobile salesman actually listened to my description. The device I 
> described was not available but he described their HotSpot. I had no 
> need of a LAN nor WiFi, and its WiFi could be programmatically be 
> disabled.
>
> Current situation:
> I have replaced the original with an Alcatel Linkzone. My plan has a 
> 2GB data cap (essentially infinite for someone used to dial-up ;). Due 
> to that data cap and personal preference I purchase a DVD set for each 
> named release of Debian. They are now more conveniently packaged a 
> single flash drive.
>
> The problem:
> Recently it would have been convenient to have the latest point 
> release immediately available on a new machine. I attempted to use the 
> netinst.iso . It failed to connect to web to download desired packages.
>
> There is no similar problem on machines already running Debian.
>    *NOTE BENE* no non-free drivers have been required.
> I tried to use the ISO on a machine already running Debian with the 
> same failure mode.
>
> I suspect the problem is related to the screen references using DHCP 
> to discover your internet connection. It doesn't bother me that 
> "automatic" fails. I tried manual mode with no success (ALSO found no 
> detailed instruction for manual mode).
>
> I could try installing on this machine which would allow simple access 
> to error logs. Which log/logs would be relevant?
>
> TIA
>
>
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