Re: etch installer mirror problem
Sorry Felix,
I am in fact trying to install it on an Opteron machine. I guess my
problem is with the non-detection of my onboard Ehternet controller nVidia
nForce Pro 2200/2050.
Thanks anyhow!
On Fri, 19 May 2006, Felix C. Stegerman wrote:
> * Mauricio Ortiz Calvao <orca@if.ufrj.br> [2006-05-18 18:28]:
> > I found a message of yours about some problem with Debian's netinst
> > etch installer not being able to retrieve the Release file from any
> > mirror. I have tried several mirrors to no effect. Could you give me
> > any help or specific suggestions of mirrors to try? I am almost sure
> > I access the Inernet with no proxy; at any rate, I have also tried
> > providing for proxy something like http://proxy.if.ufrj.br/proxy.pac
>
> Hi,
>
> I've CC'd debian-powerpc so that others may benefit (if I manage to
> help you out).
>
> I'm assuming you mean my post to debian-powerpc, so assuming you are
> trying to install Debian on a PowerPC machine, I'd advise you to use
> e.g. http://br.powerpc.mirror.debian.net as mirror. I must admit,
> however, that I'm not quite sure how to manually add a mirror (since I
> haven't installed Debian since the switch to the new mirrors).
>
> I hope this helps.
>
>
> - Felix
>
>
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