On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Steven Chamberlain <ste...@pyro.eu.org> wrote: > On 09/02/13 20:48, Scott Howard wrote: >> The installers could not connect to the mirrors. The warning screen >> popped up telling you that it could not connect and asked if you >> wanted to choose another mirror. > So I wonder if there's anything odd about your network setup, e.g. did > you configure an HTTP proxy? Do you have anything like a transparent > proxy on your network?
No HTTP proxy. I tried it on two networks: my home network (standard router and DHCP) and my university network. > > Did you stick to the qemu default mode of -net user? That fakes a DHCP > service for the guest and uses IPv4 only. Not sure exactly how DNS > works in this mode... I tried qemu with two different emulated adapters and both in NAT (fake DHCP) and bridged mode. I tried every emulated network adapter available for virtualbox-ose in both NAT and bridged mode. > > There may have been some clues in the Alt-F4 console of the installer > when the warning popped up. Thanks, I'll try that. It looks like that netcfg fix KiBi mentioned may do it, I'll check that next. ~Scott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cang8-ddfhzms5wo8rbslihsoz3dbsen2pbxnezdt2dvagfp...@mail.gmail.com
