On 03/07/2021 06:46 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 03/07/2021 06:08 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
Background:
About a decade ago my ISP decided to terminate their dial-up service.
I had seen someone connecting their laptop to the web using a device
with the form factor of a USB flash drive. I liked the portability. A
T-Mobile salesman actually listened to my description. The device I
described was not available but he described their HotSpot. I had no
need of a LAN nor WiFi, and its WiFi could be programmatically be
disabled.
Current situation:
I have replaced the original with an Alcatel Linkzone. My plan has a
2GB data cap (essentially infinite for someone used to dial-up ;). Due
to that data cap and personal preference I purchase a DVD set for each
named release of Debian. They are now more conveniently packaged a
single flash drive.
The problem:
Recently it would have been convenient to have the latest point
release immediately available on a new machine. I attempted to use the
netinst.iso . It failed to connect to web to download desired packages.
There is no similar problem on machines already running Debian.
*NOTE BENE* no non-free drivers have been required.
I tried to use the ISO on a machine already running Debian with the
same failure mode.
I suspect the problem is related to the screen references using DHCP
to discover your internet connection. It doesn't bother me that
"automatic" fails. I tried manual mode with no success (ALSO found no
detailed instruction for manual mode).
I could try installing on this machine which would allow simple access
to error logs. Which log/logs would be relevant?
TIA
Thought it was reproducible.
Ran one more test.
This time it apparently worked as it should have.
The only thing that may have made a difference is that the Linkzone had
been in use on a working system.
If I'm right I should be able to reproduce the problem tomorrow after
the Linkzone has been powered off overnight.
If I can reproduce the problem, then the is a bug to be filed against
the documentation.
In another forum one person reported that using a back-ported kernel had
solved a connection issue. I'll not pursue further until I can purchase
a set of Debian 11 DVDs.
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