Re: Bad archive mirror using customised preseed and mirror
On 14 October 2010 18:27, Arif Ali <debian@arif-ali.co.uk> wrote:
> On 12 October 2010 13:43, Arif Ali <debian@arif-ali.co.uk> wrote:
>> I have created multiple preseeds to install nodes using preseed and
>> ubuntu, and have worked without any problems, but with lenny I am
>> having a few issues. I hope someone on this list can help
>>
>> Here are my steps
>>
>> 1. Copy CD 1 into a directory, which is available via httpd
>> 2. Set-up PXE/tftp so that it picks up the netboot initrd/vmlinuz fom
>> the server, and uses the following preseed file
>>
>> http://pastebin.com/py6TKqr6
>>
>> I have enabled DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text, so that I can see the text a lot
>> easier in a remote console, and the error I am getting is
>>
>> Checking the Debian archive mirror ..25%..50%..100%
>> !! ERROR: Bad archive mirror
>>
>> I have checked that I can get to the URL myself, and checked logs on
>> the server as well, But I can't seem to find the root of the problem.
>>
>> Like I said, I used the same process for the ubuntu CDs, and the
>> preseed worked without any problem. Some advice on this would be
>> appreciated
>>
>> regards,
>>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Any ideas on this, I have tried a few howtos that I found via google
> in making a DVD/CD into a repository and preseeding, but still unable
> to fix the problem.
>
> Is there anyway at all to debug exactly what the machine is doing, and
> what it is expecting. I would be really grateful if someone could
> point me in a solvable direction.
>
> thanks in advance
>
> regards,
> Arif
>
This specific problem has now been solved. In order to fix this is to
remove the links of unstable and testing in the dists folder. Once
that is done, the mirror is picked up
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