Re: Debian 5 - was Re: Query abouut root account
On Mon, 23 Jul 2012, Camaleón wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:23:02 +0100, Brian wrote:
On Mon 23 Jul 2012 at 17:14:42 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:47:45 +0100, Brian wrote:
Neither will work as none of the mirrors used by http.debian.net has
the Lenny achive on it.
Mmm... sure? ;-)
debian.net ! debian.org
As sure as I can be without moving round the world and after reading
http.debian.net. But it is easy for you to test for your country. We'll
wait in anticipation for your report. :)
***
Using the redirector
Replace your currently configured Debian mirror in sources.list with the
following address:
(...)
Archived releases (archive.debian.org):
http://http.debian.net/debian-archive
***
The host "debian.net" is a redirector and points your sources to the
archives. Files for lenny (and older releases) are there so what's what
you're missing? If a mirror is broken report it so it gets removed from
the list of mirrors ;-)
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
In the screen with at the top, "Configure the package manager", at the
top of the list of countries, is "enter information manually".
Selecting that leads to screen with
"
Please enter the hostname of the mirror from which Debian will be
downloaded.
An alternative port can be specified using the standard [hostname:port]
format.
Debian archive mirror hostname:
(http://http.debian.net/debian-archive)
Please enter the directory in which the mirror of the Debian archive is
located.
(/debian)
"
That is what I tried last, after all of the other attempts (including
archive.kernel.org, as specified on the Debian.org web site).
After unbsuccessfully trying the last one above ( "(/debian)" ), I also
tried with "(/debian/ lenny)".
None of it has worked.
So, I believe that the only way that I am likely to be able to instal
Debian 5, is with optical disk ISO images.
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............
"So once you do know what the question actually is,
you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
written by Douglas Adams,
published by Pan Books, 1992
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