Re: Stretch net install on EeePC - unable to resolve mirror host address
On Saturday 17 February 2018 19:48:20 Rodary Jacques wrote:
> 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
debian.proxad.net pings just fine from a stretch install on an arm64
machine:
rock64@rock64:/media/slash/home/rock64$ ping debian.proxad.net
PING debian.proxad.net (212.27.32.66) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from debian.proxad.net (212.27.32.66): icmp_seq=1 ttl=50
time=107 ms
64 bytes from debian.proxad.net (212.27.32.66): icmp_seq=2 ttl=50
time=105 ms
64 bytes from debian.proxad.net (212.27.32.66): icmp_seq=3 ttl=50
time=105 ms
64 bytes from debian.proxad.net (212.27.32.66): icmp_seq=4 ttl=50
time=107 ms
^C
--- debian.proxad.net ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3003ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 105.046/106.442/107.576/1.100 ms
Something is wrong with his gateway, or dns.
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