base-installer: "failed to determine the codename for the release" (expert mode)
Hi. I'm trying to netinstall testing on an old laptop via a PLIP
connection, which is possible only in expert mode (I think).
Everything works fine up to the "install the base system" step, which
fails with the following message: "Debootstrap Error: Failed to
determine the codename for the release". This happens consistently.
As far as I can tell, base-installer throw this error when it cannot
db_get mirror/codename, but since I don't know debconf I can't fix
that. The mirror was correctly set up in previous steps. Any
pointers?
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Leonardo Boiko
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