On Sat 17 Feb 2018 at 16:20:06 +0100, Roger Price wrote: > I am trying to net install stretch i386 on an EeePC using a wired > connection. I chose my ISP as the mirror, but the installation hangs on > "Configure the packet management tool (APT)" [french text reads "Configurer > l'outil de gestion des paquets (APT)"]. > > I checked on my regular box that stretch i386 is available at > debian.proxad.net > > rprice@maria ~ wget --no-verbose > http://debian.proxad.net/debian/dists/stretch/Release -O - | grep -E > '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):' > Suite: stable > Codename: stretch > Architectures: amd64 arm64 armel armhf i386 mips mips64el mipsel ppc64el > s390x
That works for me too. > but on the EeePC with Ctl-Alt-F3 I get > > ~ # wget --no-verbose > http://debian.proxad.net/debian/dists/stretch/Release -O - | grep -E > '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):' > wget: unable to resolve host address 'debian.proxad.net' > > Command « ip address » shows that the EeePC has been assigned the correct IP > address 10.218.0.100, and /etc/resolv.conf correctly points to the router as > the DNS resolver: > > ~ # cat /etc/resolv.conf > search rogerprice.org > nameserver 10.218.0.1 > > I am using the same router and the same name server to post this message. > Any suggestion or hint for fixing the installation would be most welcome, I would try pinging www.debian.org and anywhere else you can think of. Or edit resolv.conf to have 8.8.8.8 (a Google nameserver). -- Brian.
