Bug#243961: boot-floppies: Netboot/floppyboot doesn't retrieve files over an ISA Proxy
On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 23:16:45 +0200, 4Hertz wrote:
> Before I choose the mirror for the debian-archive the installation
> procedure prompts for the HTTP-Proxy. My input is as follows:
>
> http://ms-domain\\domainuser:password@192.168.0.1:8080
I'm sure the backslashes are messing it up. Are you actually escaping the
backslash or are there two? In which case, yes, we need to fix some
quoting in choose-mirror...
> After choosing stable|testing|unstable it jumps back to the installation
> menu without retrieving any file. It seems the script in the background
> doesn't handle the authentication credentials for the proxy correctly.
Maybe you crashed it :)
> like export
> http_proxy=http://ms-domain\\domainuser:password@192.168.0.1:8080 but
> without success.
Try enclosing that in single quotes i.e. http_proxy='...' and see if it
works.
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Joshua Kwan
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