BOINC+VirtualBox bundle installer should warn that it will temporarily disconnect the host from network

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BOINC+VirtualBox bundle installer should warn that it will temporarily disconnect the host from network #1781

Open JuhaSointusalo opened 7 years ago

JuhaSointusalo commented 7 years ago

VirtualBox' own installer has the following warning:

Warning:

Network Interfaces

Installing the Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0.32 Networking feature will reset your network connection and temporarily disconnect you from the network.

Proceed with installation now?

The bundle installer should have a similar warning so that people installing BOINC can decide if this is a good time for the network reset.

Toby-Broom commented 7 years ago

On the LHC project you don't need the vbox advanced networking components for it to work so I just dissable these options at installaion. I don't know if other projects are the same but it could be possiable to just change the launch options for the installer.