Bug#395411: debian-installer: [daily 20061026] fails to set up route + fails to see mirrors

[stappers@stappers.nl (Geert Stappers)]

Op 26-10-2006 om 22:27 schreef Jens Peter Secher:
> 
> Problem 1: DHCP gets the machine an IP address, but I get the
> message:
> 
> "The network autoconfiguration was successful. However, no 
>  default route was set ... Continue without a default route?"


That means: something wrong with _your_ DHCP server.

> This is strange, because if I continue installation selecting
> 'Yes', keeps hitting Enter (giving no name server, no domain
> name, etc.), no network mirror, install from CD only,
> install GRUB, and reboot the newly installed system, the route
> is set fine:
> 
> "debian:~# route
>  ...
>  192.168.1.0  *            255.255.255.0  ...
>  default      192.168.1.1  0.0.0.0        ..."
> 
> by the default configuration:
> 
> "debian:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces
>  ...
>  allow-hotplug eth0
>  iface eth0 inet dhcp"


I think you are saying
 "I don't know that my network has two DHCP servers"

There is nothing wrong that, just configure them _both_ correctly.

> Problem 2: If I instead choose 'No', and configure the
> network manually, choose any network mirror, the installer
> tells me:
> 
> "The installer failed to access the mirror. ..."

That is also due the misconfigured DHCP server.


Leaving further BR maintiance up to you.


Cheers
Geert Stappers