Bug#700120: debian-installer: kfreebsd-i386 needs manual editing of /etc/network/interfaces
On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Steven Chamberlain <steven@pyro.eu.org> wrote:
> On 09/02/13 20:48, Scott Howard wrote:
>> The installers could not connect to the mirrors. The warning screen
>> popped up telling you that it could not connect and asked if you
>> wanted to choose another mirror.
> So I wonder if there's anything odd about your network setup, e.g. did
> you configure an HTTP proxy? Do you have anything like a transparent
> proxy on your network?
No HTTP proxy. I tried it on two networks: my home network (standard
router and DHCP) and my university network.
>
> Did you stick to the qemu default mode of -net user? That fakes a DHCP
> service for the guest and uses IPv4 only. Not sure exactly how DNS
> works in this mode...
I tried qemu with two different emulated adapters and both in NAT
(fake DHCP) and bridged mode. I tried every emulated network adapter
available for virtualbox-ose in both NAT and bridged mode.
>
> There may have been some clues in the Alt-F4 console of the installer
> when the warning popped up.
Thanks, I'll try that. It looks like that netcfg fix KiBi mentioned
may do it, I'll check that next.
~Scott
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