Re: Bug#700120: debian-installer: kfreebsd-i386 needs manual editing of /etc/network/interfaces
Scott Howard at "Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:04:35 -0500" wrote:
SH> 1) When selecting mirrors during install, I sometimes get "WARNING:
SH> the mirror does not support the specified release (wheezy)" (see
SH> attached screen shot) in console #4. But if I wait a few minutes and
SH> try again, it connects to the mirror (see other attached screenshot).
SH> I'm selecting http://ftp.us.debian.org, maybe a network or server
SH> problem?
ftp.us.debian.org is an alias to many servers [1] so it should be
possible that one of them is not a complete mirror a the time of your
installation. This is the reason why all tools that test mirror speed
try all aliases in turn.
Bye
Stefano
[1]
$ host ftp.us.debian.org
ftp.us.debian.org has address 128.61.240.89
ftp.us.debian.org has address 35.9.37.225
ftp.us.debian.org has address 64.50.233.100
ftp.us.debian.org has address 64.50.236.52
ftp.us.debian.org has address 128.30.2.36
ftp.us.debian.org has IPv6 address 2610:148:1f10:3::89
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