Re: Failed to access the Debian archive
Hi Curt,
Yeah, I realise it's a test version. If there's no simple workaround, I'd
better do that. It's just...the asus has the burner, not the machine I'm
typing on now.
I'll just wait otherwise,
cheers,
Karel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curt Howland" <Howland@Priss.com>
To: "Karel Brascamp" <kbrascamp@chello.nl>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: Failed to access the Debian archive
> Hi Karel. Sorry you're having trouble.
>
> However, you should understand that Sarge has not been "officially"
> released yet. It is still in the testing phase, and there are indeed
> still some bugs.
>
> Go back and get the "Woody" net install iso, rather than the Sarge
> version. Once you get a working install, preferably as minimalist as
> practical for your hardware, change the /etc/apt/sources.list file by
> changing the "stable" to "sarge" and then run:
>
> # apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> or you can use dselect (like I do) and after updating available
> packages it will resolve all the dependencies needed to get your
> system up to Sarge. I recommend that you do not select additional
> packages until after letting it go through the upgrade cycle.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Curt-
> -rw-r--r-- 1 curt curt 34242560 Jul 19 2003
> Debian_Linux_Installer_mini_boot_CD_2.2r4.iso
>
>
> On Thursday 22 April 2004 15:30 it was so written:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm trying to install Debian on my asus s1300 machine, but I
> > haven't been very lucky so far. I'm doing a net install I
> > downloaded two days ago, I downloaded the following ISO:
> > sarge-i386-businesscard.iso
> > So far so good, burned it on an cd and started installing.
> > Installation kicked of nicely, I presume it downloaded some files
> > from the mirror I chose, and then Debian wanted to reboot. I
> > agreed.
> > The problem I stumbled upon a few times now, is when Debian runs
> > for the first time, and "Configure apt " occurs. First the base
> > system configuration claims not to be connected to the internet,
> > which it is, no PPP or anything, just a router with DHCP enabled
> > between my precious Asus and the rest of the world. Then when I
> > choose my mirror to do the downloading from, he right away claims:
> > "Failed to access the Debian archive", and further down the error
> > message: "Temporary failure resolving <some mirror>"I tried several
> > mirrors. Heck, I tried all in my country. Seems odd, since there
> > was some downloading involved in the primary installation, before
> > the rebooting, if I am not mistaking. A clue anyone?
> >
> > Any help would be very much appreciated,
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Karel Brascamp
>
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