I tried to reproduce it again, no chance; got experience and do not do without thinking now.
Regards your questions > Did you actually get the error "failed to determine the codename for this release" Yes, I got this error. > Did you perhaps use expert mode and select "choose-mirror" as an optional component when you got the error? Hard to say I do not remember whether expert mode was on or off but I certainly select "choose-mirror" and set up my local repository to be using. Anyway I was successfully install Debian from daily net and business iso's for amd64. Regards, Sergei. On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Frans Pop <elen...@planet.nl> wrote: > On Wednesday 23 December 2009, Sergei Sadovski wrote: > > In my case (net iso of 22 dec 2009) this was a file marker, i.e. > > > > $ /cdrom/.disk/base_installable > > > > rename/remove it (since we want to get files from outside), e.g. > > > > $ mv /cdrom/.disk/base_installable /cdrom/.disk/base_installable.false > > > > in that case mirror settings will be used to retrieve components (debs) > > instead of cdrom itself. > > No. You are breaking the installer here. If you want to use "files from > outside" you should *not* be using a netinst or full CD/DVD image. > > Did you actually get the error "failed to determine the codename for this > release"? Did you perhaps use expert mode and select "choose-mirror" as an > optional component when you got the error? > > If yes, exactly what image did you use (full URL of the one you downloaded > please)? > > Cheers, > FJP >
