Hi, >I have changed the suite to "sid" now: > >> >https://people.debian.org/~glaubitz/debian-cd/debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso
I think it's just the signature of the archive which the installer can't verify. From the log after the selection of debian-ports as mirror: Dec 29 21:04:35 main-menu[164]: INFO: Menu item 'choose-mirror' selected Dec 29 21:04:35 anna-install: Installing apt-mirror-setup Dec 29 21:04:35 anna[1221]: ERROR **: can't find packages file Dec 29 21:04:45 choose-mirror[1225]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/dists/oldstable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):' Dec 29 21:04:46 choose-mirror[1225]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/dists/stable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):' Dec 29 21:04:46 choose-mirror[1225]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/dists/testing/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):' Dec 29 21:04:46 choose-mirror[1225]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/dists/unstable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):' Dec 29 21:04:47 choose-mirror[1225]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/dists/sid/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):' Dec 29 21:04:48 choose-mirror[1225]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://ftp.debian-p--More-- (97% of 59444orts.org/debian//dists/sid/main/binary-sparc64/Release -O - | grep ^Architecture: Dec 29 21:04:48 anna-install: Installing sid-support Dec 29 21:04:48 anna[1247]: ERROR **: can't find packages file Dec 29 21:04:48 main-menu[164]: (process:1219): wget: server returned error: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Dec 29 21:04:48 main-menu[164]: (process:1219): wget: server returned error: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Dec 29 21:04:48 main-menu[164]: (process:1219): wget: server returned error: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Dec 29 21:04:48 main-menu[164]: DEBUG: resolver (libc6-udeb): package doesn't exist (ignored) Dec 29 21:04:48 main-menu[164]: INFO: Menu item 'download-installer' selected Dec 29 21:04:49 net-retriever: gpgv: Dec 29 21:04:49 net-retriever: Signature made Tue Dec 29 20:03:06 2015 UTC using RSA key ID C448326E Dec 29 21:04:49 net-retriever: gpgv: Dec 29 21:04:49 net-retriever: Can't check signature: public key not found Dec 29 21:04:49 net-retriever: error: Bad signature on /tmp/net-retriever-1275-Release. Dec 29 21:04:53 anna[1271]: WARNING **: bad d-i Packages file Dec 29 21:04:53 main-menu[164]: INFO: Menu item 'download-installer' succeeded but requested to be left unconfigured. Dec 29 21:04:53 main-menu[164]: DEBUG: resolver (libc6-udeb): package doesn't exist (ignored) Dec 29 21:04:56 main-menu[164]: INFO: Menu item 'di-utils-shell' selected Am I grateful for my serial console :-) But to me it looks like the installer is just missing a public key for debian-ports.org? CU, Uli -- Dipl. Inf. Ulrich Teichert|e-mail: [email protected] | Listening to: Stormweg 24 |Imperial State Electric, The Estranged, 24539 Neumuenster, Germany|The About Blanks, Cyanide Pills, Fu Manchu.

