Re: Stretch net install on EeePC - unable to resolve mirror host address
On Tue 20 Feb 2018 at 13:39:25 +0000, Curt wrote:
> On 2018-02-20, Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Is there some way
> >> of telling the installer not to use IPv6? I have read
> >> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianIPv6#How_to_turn_off_IPv6 but the
> >> installer does not have file /etc/sysctl.conf
>
> I looked up the router (I've now lost the page and the router
> references--but it did mention "supported protocols IPv4 + IPv6" as
> indicated below).
>
> At any rate:
>
> if you have an IPv6 router or a DHCP server on your local network, but
> want to avoid them because e.g. they give wrong answers, you can use
> the parameter netcfg/disable_autoconfig=true to prevent any automatic
> configuration of the network (neither v4 nor v6) and to enter the
> information manually.
>
> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s03.html.en
>
> So I guess the 'netcfg/disable_autoconfig=true' as boot parameter would
> allow for manual configuration of the network within the installer, thus
> obviating the IPv6 conundrum.
>
> > Yet what installer *does* have that's /proc.
> > So, wait for the network autoconfiguration, switch to root vt, invoke:
> >
> > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6
>
> Maybe this would be less trouble.
The OP's wget command could be tested immediately after the network is
set up and IPv6 is disabled using either yours or Reco's method.
--
Brian.
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