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[BlinDIA] TR: important (extra) apt config file

Aldo
Sun, 27 Aug 2006 04:57:47 -0700

Hi all,

A few days ago, I used the latest Grml plain Debian installer script to 
help a non-advanced friend to reinstall a Debian system.

We first got a problem due to a bug in the Grub installation:
when you don't enter anything at the end of /dev/, it will not write any 
Grub config to the MBR (hda).

But we did a second trial, and then we entered fd0, and it had worked.

Unfortunately we encountered a problem with retrieving packages from the 
Belnet.be FTP mirror:
- we first thought it was a Blindia script problem
- but after having dropped the next file into /etc/apt/apt-conf.d/ and 
running again apt-get update, it immediately stopped with reporting 
"uncomplete packages" and other error messages;

I'm not sure this is a NAT/other problem at the Scarlet.be ISP, 
anyway, the extra config file for apt can be found here:

 http://brlspeak.net/blinux/70passiveftp.template

(you may rename it to 70passftp or whatever... but it must be present 
under apt-conf.d/
You will create this directory if not found under /etc/apt/)

Hope this helps!

Aldo.


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