Hi, sorry for the late update, I had a *long* shopping list to run after yesterday to avoid shopping today :-)
>I've updated the NETINST image [1] now: > >- made some silo improvements for d-i [2] >- disabled GPG verification for the archive in the code Doesn't seem to work, the installer still refuses to take debian-ports as a package source: Dec 31 12:31:45 main-menu[176]: INFO: Menu item 'choose-mirror' selected Dec 31 12:31:45 anna-install: Queueing udeb apt-mirror-setup for later installation Dec 31 12:32:42 choose-mirror[906]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/dists/oldstable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):' Dec 31 12:32:43 choose-mirror[906]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/dists/stable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):' Dec 31 12:32:43 choose-mirror[906]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/dists/testing/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):' Dec 31 12:32:43 choose-mirror[906]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/dists/uures):' E '^(Suite|Codename|Architect--More-- (96% of 49835 bytes) Dec 31 12:32:44 choose-mirror[906]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/dists/sid/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):' Dec 31 12:32:45 choose-mirror[906]: INFO: suite/codename set to: unstable/sid Dec 31 12:32:45 choose-mirror[906]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian//dists/sid/main/binary-sparc64/Release -O - | grep ^Architecture: Dec 31 12:32:45 anna-install: Queueing udeb sid-support for later installation Dec 31 12:32:45 main-menu[176]: (process:899): wget: server returned error: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Dec 31 12:32:45 main-menu[176]: (process:899): wget: server returned error: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Dec 31 12:32:45 main-menu[176]: (process:899): wget: server returned error: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Dec 31 12:32:45 main-menu[176]: DEBUG: resolver (libc6-udeb): package doesn't exist (ignored) Dec 31 12:32:45 main-menu[176]: INFO: Menu item 'download-installer' selected Dec 31 12:32:46 net-retriever: gpgv: Dec 31 12:32:46 net-retriever: Signature made Thu Dec 31 07:44:13 2015 UTC using RSA key ID C448326E Dec 31 12:32:46 net-retriever: gpgv: Dec 31 12:32:46 net-retriever: Can't check signature: public key not found Dec 31 12:32:46 net-retriever: error: Bad signature on /tmp/net-retriever-963-Re--More-- (99% of 49835lease. Dec 31 12:33:05 anna[959]: WARNING **: bad d-i Packages file Dec 31 12:33:05 main-menu[176]: INFO: Menu item 'download-installer' succeeded b--More-- (99% of 49835ut requested to be left unconfigured. Dec 31 12:33:05 main-menu[176]: DEBUG: resolver (libc6-udeb): package doesn't ex--More-- (99% of 49835ist (ignored) Prior to that, I manually configured the network after DHCP succeeded, as I like to have static IPs for servers, but the installer doesn't seem to care afterwards and still used the DHCP config? Or am I misinterpreting the logging here (IP addresses XXXed/YYYed/ZZZed out): Dec 31 12:31:41 netcfg[782]: ARPING to 192.168.XXX.YYY from 192.168.XXX.ZZZ via enp0s2f0 Dec 31 12:31:41 netcfg[782]: Unicast reply from 192.168.XXX.YYY [58:6d:8f:a5:8a:f] 0.348ms Dec 31 12:31:41 netcfg[782]: Sent 1 probe(s) (1 broadcast(s)) Dec 31 12:31:41 netcfg[782]: Received 1 replies (0 request(s), 0 broadcast(s)) Dec 31 12:31:41 netcfg[782]: INFO: Gateway reachable on enp0s2f0 Dec 31 12:31:42 netcfg[782]: DEBUG: Getting default hostname from rDNS lookup of static-configured address 192.168.XXX.ZZZ Dec 31 12:31:42 netcfg[782]: DEBUG: Hostname found: sele.nms.ulrich-teichert.org Dec 31 12:31:42 netcfg[782]: DEBUG: sele.nms.ulrich-teichert.org is a valid FQDN Dec 31 12:31:42 netcfg[782]: DEBUG: We have a real FQDN Dec 31 12:31:42 netcfg[782]: DEBUG: Preseeding domain as well: nms.ulrich-teichert.org Dec 31 12:31:45 netcfg[782]: DEBUG: No interface given; clearing /etc/network/interfaces Dec 31 12:31:45 netcfg[782]: DEBUG: Writing informative header Dec 31 12:31:45 netcfg[782]: DEBUG: Success! Dec 31 12:31:45 netcfg[782]: DEBUG: Writing loopback interface Dec 31 12:31:45 netcfg[782]: DEBUG: Success! Dec 31 12:31:45 netcfg[782]: DEBUG: Writing static IPv4 stanza for enp0s2f0 Dec 31 12:31:45 netcfg[782]: INFO: Detected enp0s2f0 as a hotpluggable device Dec 31 12:31:45 netcfg[782]: DEBUG: Success! Dec 31 12:31:45 main-menu[176]: (process:781): udhcpc (v1.22.1) started Dec 31 12:31:45 main-menu[176]: (process:781): Sending discover... Dec 31 12:31:45 main-menu[176]: (process:781): Sending select for 192.168.XXX.PPP... Dec 31 12:31:45 main-menu[176]: (process:781): Lease of 192.168.XXX.PPP obtained, lease time 86400 Dec 31 12:31:45 main-menu[176]: DEBUG: resolver (libc6-udeb): package doesn't exist (ignored) But that may be a generic installer bug, I believe. Anyway, trying preseeding now to get around it, HTH, Uli -- Dipl. Inf. 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