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Re: Stretch net install on EeePC - unable to resolve mirror host address



Le samedi 17 février 2018, 16:20:06 CET Roger Price a écrit :

> I am trying to net install stretch i386 on an EeePC using a wired connection. I

> chose my ISP as the mirror, but the installation hangs on "Configure the packet

> management tool (APT)" [french text reads "Configurer l'outil de gestion des

> paquets (APT)"].

>

> I checked on my regular box that stretch i386 is available at debian.proxad.net

>

> rprice@maria ~ wget --no-verbose

> http://debian.proxad.net/debian/dists/stretch/Release -O - | grep -E

> '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):'

> Suite: stable

> Codename: stretch

> Architectures: amd64 arm64 armel armhf i386 mips mips64el mipsel ppc64el s390x

>

> but on the EeePC with Ctl-Alt-F3 I get

>

> ~ # wget --no-verbose

> http://debian.proxad.net/debian/dists/stretch/Release -O - | grep -E

> '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):'

> wget: unable to resolve host address 'debian.proxad.net'

>

> Command « ip address » shows that the EeePC has been assigned the correct IP

> address 10.218.0.100, and /etc/resolv.conf correctly points to the router as the

> DNS resolver:

>

> ~ # cat /etc/resolv.conf

> search rogerprice.org

> nameserver 10.218.0.1

>

> I am using the same router and the same name server to post this message. Any

> suggestion or hint for fixing the installation would be most welcome,

>

> Roger

I had this kind of problem with free (i.e. proxad) repository which isn't any more (bust was in 2016) on the mirror list,

and had to replace it with <http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/> -not a ftp server- in /etc/apt/sources.list.

Salut. Jacques

 


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