On Sun 18 Feb 2018 at 23:19:48 +0100, Roger Price wrote: > Thanks for all your comments, I repeated my attempt to install as follows: > > Hardware: EeePC1201K (AMD Athlon 1000MHz, 1Gbyte) > External CD/DVD reader Samsung SE-S084. > Router: TP-Link 450M Wireless N Gigabit Model No. TL-WR1043ND. No IPv6 > > "Graphical expert install" > 1. Configure the keyboard (AZERTY) > 2. Detect and mount CD-ROM > 3. Load installer components from CD > [X] choose-mirror
Why? I've never used it. I don't know what it does. It's optional. Don't select it. > 4. Detect network hardware > Missing firmware files are: rt2680.bin Load? [X] No > 5. Configure the network > enp0s4: Silicon Intergrated Systems [SiS] 190 Ethernet Adapter > wlp2s0: Ralink Corp: RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe (wireless) > 6. Choose enp0s4 as primary > 7. Auto-configure networking? Yes > IPv6 + DHCP, set hostname and domain name. > 8. Ctl-Alt-F3 to /dev/tty3 > ~ # route > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface > default 10.218.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 enp0s4 > 10.218.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 enp0s4 > 9. ~ # ip address > ... > 3: enp0s4: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 ... > link/ether 20:cf:30:10:43:fd brd ff:... > inet 10.218.0.100/24 scope global enp0s4 > ... > 10. ~ # ping -c3 debian.proxad.net > PING debian.proxad.net (212.27.32.66): 56 data bytes > 64 bytes from 212.27.32.66: seq=0 ttl=57 time=38.838 ms > ... > 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss > 11. Ctl-Alt-F5 Graphical install > Choose a mirror of the Debian archive > http, debian.proxad.net > 12. Ctl-Alt-F4 > Last line shows EeePC hung on > choose-mirror[4246]: DEBUG: command: wget --no-verbose > http://debian.proxad.net/debian/dists/stretch/Release -O - | grep -E > '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):' > 13. Ctl-Alt-F3 to /dev/tty3 > ping ftp.fr.debian.org is successful, but > hangs on command wget --no-verbose > http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/Release -O - | grep -E > '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):' > 14. I repeated 13 with more verbosity: > wget http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/Release -O - | grep -E > '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):' > --2018-02-18 20:50:31-- > http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/Release > Resolving ftp.fr.debian.org... 212.27.32.66, 2a01:e0c:1:1598::2 > Connecting to ftp.fr.debian.org|212.27.32.66|:80... Connected > HTTP request sent, awaiting response > ... 15 minutes go by ... > Read error (Connection timed out) in headers. > Retrying > > It looks as if the network setup in the EeePC is correct, but wget fails. > Any suggestion would be very welcome, Roger Try a different mirror. With and without step 3. -- Brian.
