On Saturday 17 February 2018 19:48:20 Rodary Jacques wrote: > Le samedi 17 février 2018, 16:20:06 CET Roger Price a écrit : > > 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 > > > > 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, > > > > Roger > > I had this kind of problem with free (i.e. proxad) repository which > isn't any more (bust was in 2016) on the mirror list, and had to > replace it with <http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/> -not a ftp server- > in /etc/apt/sources.list. Salut. Jacques
debian.proxad.net pings just fine from a stretch install on an arm64 machine: rock64@rock64:/media/slash/home/rock64$ ping debian.proxad.net PING debian.proxad.net (212.27.32.66) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from debian.proxad.net (212.27.32.66): icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=107 ms 64 bytes from debian.proxad.net (212.27.32.66): icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=105 ms 64 bytes from debian.proxad.net (212.27.32.66): icmp_seq=3 ttl=50 time=105 ms 64 bytes from debian.proxad.net (212.27.32.66): icmp_seq=4 ttl=50 time=107 ms ^C --- debian.proxad.net ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3003ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 105.046/106.442/107.576/1.100 ms Something is wrong with his gateway, or dns. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>