Re: Failed to access the Debian archive
Ok, this is something I can help with.
It's time to point to different servers. Go into /etc/apt/sources.list
and change the names of the servers. Here's what I've got, be aware
I'm running "unstable" and yours will say "sarge"
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deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/non-US main
contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main
contrib non-free
===========
You can change the country code to many different ones, with DE, UK,
US, JP and such major countries as certain hits. Try a few different
ones to see what's reachable for you.
The way to tell if your machine is working at all is to try the
following:
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# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
default 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1
# ping 192.168.0.1
PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.1.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=250 time=2.6 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=250 time=1.9 ms
===========
This will tell you if you have a route, if you can reach your gateway,
and if your network interface is functioning. Just change the IP
address to the ones that match yours.
Let us know how this goes.
Curt-
On Thursday 22 April 2004 16:08, Karel Brascamp was heard to say:
> Alex,
>
> thanks for your response. I tried your suggestion, the nameservers
> in /etc/resolv.conf match the ones the router knows. Yet when I try
> pinging them, the response is: "connect: Network is unreachable".
> Same happens when I try pinging my router.
> nslookup seems to be an "unknown command" in this twighlight zone
> of the Post-Boot Base Configuration.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alex Martin" <shorewall@rettc.com>
> To: "Karel Brascamp" <kbrascamp@chello.nl>
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 9:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Failed to access the Debian archive
>
> > It sounds like DNS resolution is not happening. Probably the dhcp
> > client
>
> is
>
> > not updating your local config.
> > I would suggest getting a shell and verifying that
> > /etc/resolv.conf gets
>
> dns
>
> > servers from dhcp and that you can resolve names, 'nslookup
>
> www.google.com'.
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Karel Brascamp" <kbrascamp@chello.nl>
> > To: <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 1:30 PM
> > Subject: Failed to access the Debian archive
> >
> > > 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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