On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 09:45:29PM -0600, Mike Coleman wrote: > I tried installing on a DS10 just now with the latest testing boot floppies. > It went fine up to trying to access the archive via ftp. The machine is > behind a NAT firewall that blocks port 80 access. There's a web proxy, but it > requires authentication, which the boot floppies seem not to support. I tried > ftp access, but I immediately get the "corrupted Packages (Release?)" message, > which I gather means a network error. I can ping the ftp server, but I'm not > sure how to tell whether the ftp is failing or whether it's trying to access > in active mode, which would fail through the firewall. It'd be nice if a > specific explanation for the failure was given. Any ideas? > > Also, in the past I would have pulled down the base tarball and grabbed it > locally (e.g., via NFS). The base tarball seems no longer to exist, though (I > guess because of package pools). How can I get the same effect under the new > regime? That is, how do I pull down the base packages only? I can't seem to > find this documented anywhere.
It's not documented yet, except look in this list's archives, as recently as last week. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
