On Tuesday 15 March 2016 19:37:24 Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 07:06:17PM +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > I tried another two and the second one the error message changed to > > "Couldn't download package". > > > > Is there a problem on the Debian site? Or with whatever mirror it is > > helping itself to?? > > > > Lisi > > What's the model of the new machine? > > I'm not sure that there's a problem with all the Debian mirrors: retry the > downloads - instead of using ftp.uk.debian.org change it, perhaps to > ftp.de.debian.org to check. > > get.debian.org, grab a CD image - myself, I quite like the CD #1 which > gives you KDE but each to her own. > > Quicker, because smaller, is to download another netinstall. > > All the very best, as ever, > > AndyC
Thanks, Andy. In the meantime I had downloaded the CD1, burnt it and tried with that - and had the same problem, and still trying to do a net install, although on every occasion I had told it to re-partition and format. So I am trying to use Gparted on Knoppix to wipe the disk thoroughly and I'll try in order (with a good Gparted wipe in between) Net install 8.02, CD1 8.03, net install 8.0.0 for a minimum install. Then, if I am still remotely, vaguely sane, I'll report back. Lisi
