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



On Saturday 17 February 2018 18:35:10 Brian wrote:

> On Sat 17 Feb 2018 at 18:27:57 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Saturday 17 February 2018 18:13:33 Brian wrote:
> > > On Sat 17 Feb 2018 at 22:21:49 +0100, Roger Price wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 17 Feb 2018, Brian wrote:
> > > > > >  ~ # 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.
> > > > >
> > > > > I would try pinging www.debian.org and anywhere else you can
> > > > > think of. Or edit resolv.conf to have 8.8.8.8 (a Google
> > > > > nameserver).
> > > >
> > > > I edited /etc/resolv.conf but no success:
> > > >
> > > >  ~ # cat /etc/resolv.conf
> > > >  search rogerprice.org
> > > >  nameserver 8.8.8.8
> > > >  ~ # ping -c3 debian.proxad.net
> > > >  ping: bad address 'debian.proxad.net'
> > >
> > > debian.proxad.net is 212.27.32.6. If you ping that?
> >
> > Yes, works great even from a rock64 out in the garage.
> > Do a "sudo route -n" and see if you get a valid gateway, "UG"
> > address. Then describe your hardware arrangement precisely please
>
> sudo isn't installed within the installer environment,

Is route then within the users $PATH? It is not on that particular 
stretch machine, so I either have to know the full path, or use sudo to 
execute it.


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