Geert Stappers wrote:
Op 29-12-2007 om 13:30 schreef Del Merritt:Rick Thomas wrote:Also, make sure your ssh-client machine doesn't go to sleep while waiting...Thanks. I'm trying this out at the moment. Then again, I'm also "here" and the install is 96% complete, so I may actually be around when it finishes, mooting the issue (for me).With a carbon copy, Cc:, to 458154@bugs.debian.org, is the bugreport kept up-to-date. Cheers Geert Stappers P.S. Please tell when the install finishes, preferable to the address of the bugreport.
Adding "ServerAliveInterval 2" to my .ssh/config file allows me to complete the install without further issues. I now have a Linksys "slug" running debian. Huzzah and all that. A "minimal" fix to this would be to document the issue in a way that reminds users to modify their .ssh/config file in this manner if their site's security policy allows it. If it is not permitted for some reason, then if there is a way that the ssh server on the in-progress system can do this keep alive, it might result in fewer surprises and less end-user frustration.