Re: approx for new "netinst" installation
On Saturday 29 January 2011 02:07:59 pm Russell L. Harris wrote:
> * Greg Madden <gomadtroll@gci.net> [110126 03:45]:
> > On Tuesday 25 January 2011 16:17:56 Russell L. Harris wrote:
> > > I am trying to discover how -- if it is possible -- to use "approx" in
> > > order to minimize download time and bandwidth during a new "netinst"
> > > installation.
>
> ...
>
> > During the 'net-install' when the choose mirror screen appears you need
> > to scroll to the top of the list, choose manual entry or some such, point
> > it at a local url, proxy etc.
> >
> > This choice is apparent in all install modes, default to expert.
>
> I tried that, entering "192.168.0.200" (the LAN address of my approx
> server) as the "Debian archive mirror hostname" and
> "/var/cache/approx/debian" as the "Debian archive mirror directory".
>
> Inspecting the installation log with F4, I saw the following error
> message:
>
> choose-mirror[30711]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
> http://192.168.0.200/var/cache/approx/debian/dists/squeeze/Release
> -0 - | grep -E `^(Suite|Codename:`
>
> choose-mirror[30711]: WARNING **: mirror does not support the
> specified release (squeeze)
>
> However, the approx server has been used less than a week ago to
> install files to a new Squeeze system (which was installed using
> the netinst Release Candidate 1 CD).
>
> RLH
Does you mirror have 'Testing' or 'Squeeze"? or missing symlink, if applicable.
Caveat I am not familiar with 'approx'.
--
Peace,
Greg
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