[Mageia-discuss] How to solve this problem?

[Maarten Vanraes]

Op woensdag 19 oktober 2011 22:28:13 schreef Kristoffer Grundström:
> Maarten Vanraes skrev 2011-10-19 22:25:
> > Op woensdag 19 oktober 2011 21:55:25 schreef Kristoffer Grundström:
> >> Oliver Burger skrev 2011-10-19 21:27:
> >>> Am Mittwoch, 19. Oktober 2011, 21:14:03 schrieb Kristoffer Grundström:
> >>>> I was asking IF I'm ON the bus&   want to install while waiting to get
> >>>> home.
> >>> 
> >>> Just read a book?
> >>> 
> >>> Oliver
> >> 
> >> It still doesn't help me boot the installation when I'm on the bus if I
> >> have to travel a long time. Please stick to the real issue in the
> >> installer&  not telling me to do things on the side.
> >> Every problem has its solution, so what's the Mageia-installer solution
> >> then if we stick to the net install-iso?
> > 
> > it is true that when installing or whatever, we ask proxy and stuff, so
> > if we think of wifi (are we asking wifi connection parameters too?),
> > there's open wifi with some kind of hotspot software, which can be
> > needed to get activated, before you can actually use it...
> > 
> > maybe we can use links or lynx from the busybox to activate it?
> 
> Yes, but the links get randomly generated.

no, links and lynx are text-based browsers, they would redirect to the link 
when trying to visit some page.

the person having this issue, could interrupt installer and go to a busybox 
and try a text-based browser there to agree or enter username/password so that 
networking would work.