Unattended install "remembers" the download option

Brian Inglis Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca
Sat Nov 5 17:30:00 GMT 2016


On 2016-11-05 10:14, Wayne Davison wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 7:01 AM, Drake, Richard R <rrdrake@sandia.gov> wrote:
>> What is really curious is where this option is being stored.  If I knew that, then
>> maybe I could remove that setting so it would revert to the default setting.
>
> Look in /etc/setup/setup.rc. I bet the line following "last-action" is
> just "Download"
> in your file. Mine is "Download,Install" (after a tab).

The first setup screen after the splash/version screen has these options,
choose: Install from internet (implies Download first).

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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