When updating a 5.0 to 6.1 over ftp, the system hang while checking packages. I traced this down to the check taking sucha long time, that the ftp server timed out and kicked the installation off. Bug: ftp session time-out not detected. Proposed fix: Detect if the session is dead. In that case, try to log in again.
We only have ext2fs partitions on the machine, and a swapn partition or two. No ntfs, dos, windows, porn or other filth. (4 disks, 22GB on the largest). When we tried to install from a local disk we run in tho the python error as described in bug 5691. A side note: NOw we are installing 6.0, and not with pleasure that it gives more info on the process, for example it tells (on one of the screens) which disks it is about to mount (instead of just "mounting an unchecked e2fs partition), and when asking which system to upgrade, it also tells the sizes of the disks in question. Could you please reintroduce these features in 6.2 install?
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The retry on an FTP installation has been improved in the latest cut of the installer. You should not see timeouts causing a problem in the latest beta.