Try using deb.debian.org - the CDN (content delivery network) suggestion that will try and geolocate you. Depends which coast you're nearest - I'd try either MIT / California [Universities with high bandwidth] :) The default mirror for US appears to be run by Wikimedia - they've also got bandwidth and it appears current. Following the URLs you give, they all look correct.
If you do an expert install and _do_ choose locales and _don't_ manually choose a mirror (the option right at the top of the mirror list - which defaults to "mirror" with a subdirectory of "/debian/"), it will normally default to a US mirror for you. Try again. On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 8:01 PM Bill <bi...@uniserve.com> wrote: > Hi, > > So I'm installing 10.4.0 on a new box and I'm unable to set up a mirror > to assist with the install. I'm using Expert Install ( although clearly > I'm not expert enough ) and I've included "Choose Mirror" in the > selected "Additional Components" of "Load Installer". I've tried using > ftp.us.debian.org and debian.gtisc.gatech.edu both of which show support > for buster (10.4) in debian/dists/Debian10.4/ . > > My networking in the install is correctly set up I believe. Although the > installer doesn't have ping capability (ash), I am able to ping the new > box correctly from another host on my lan. I've selected http as the > mirror protocol and there is no proxy involved. I've also successfully > checked the integrity of the CD-ROM. > > From the installer I get the following error message: > Bad Archive Mirror > An error has been detected while trying to use the specified Debian > archive mirror. > Possible reasons for the error are: incorrect mirror specified; mirror > is not available (possibly due to an unreliable network connection); > mirror is broken (for example because an invalid Release file was > found); mirror does not support the correct Debian version. > Additional details may be available from /var/log/syslog or on virtual > console 4. > Please check the specified mirror or try a different one. > > From the F4 console I get the error: > choose-mirror [20574]: WARNING **: mirror does not support the specified > release (buster). > > From /var/log/syslog I get these messages: > choose-mirror [20574]: DEBUG: command: wget --no-verbose > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/Release -O - |grep -E > '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):' > And then the same error message as on the F4 console above. > > So how can I take my diagnostics further? Is there anything else I can > examine through a console or log or config file? Might the installer be > using the wrong Architecture or something. What might the source of the > error be? > > All advice appreciated, > > Bill > -- > Sent using Icedove on Debian GNU/Linux. > >
