On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 11:48:54AM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: > Okay, looking at the OP's descriptions of the problems, should we ask the > OP to go ask the release team whether an old netinstall image for testing > should, in general, be able to recover from having the kernel on the CD out > of sync with the current repository? And would they like him to image the > old netinstall CD and upload it somewhere for analysis? Or would they like > him to try to replay the install, maybe from a mirror where they can watch? > > I don't know how slow the friend's connection is, but unless there were > some specific bug I were chasing, I'd hesitate to ask for a replay if it's > going to take two of them a good part of a day, and erasing a working > system. Especially considering that my record on installs leaves me with > about one in five install CDs botched for various reasons.
OK. In this case the OP should alter the sources.list to point to the actual repository pertaining to the netinst. Look at http://archive.debian.org/README -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141006032648.GA28917@tal