Re: configure archive.debian.org installation source from NET installer cmdline?
On Sat, Apr 09, 2022 at 05:08:50PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s03.en.html doesn't seem to show
> the possibility exists. Is it not possible? What doc explains?
>
> The problem: I want to install on a K6/2. The newest installation kernel that
> doesn't require cmov that K6/2 doesn't have is Wheezy. When I boot the Wheezy
> installation kernel and initrd from Grub, selection of installation source omits
> archive.debian.org as a selection, which is apparently the only place Wheezy can
> be found any more. Is there a country that can be selected where
> archive.debian.org will be selectable? USA, UK & Germany don't seem to offer it.
Have you tried the option to manually enter the mirror information? In
the past I have successfully used this point at archive.debian.org for
an installation of an older version of Debian. You should be able to
use the URL http://archive.debian.org/debian/ (IIRC).
Regards,
-Roberto
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Roberto C. Sánchez
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