On Tue 20 Feb 2018 at 13:39:25 +0000, Curt wrote: > On 2018-02-20, Reco <recovery...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Is there some way > >> of telling the installer not to use IPv6? I have read > >> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianIPv6#How_to_turn_off_IPv6 but the > >> installer does not have file /etc/sysctl.conf > > I looked up the router (I've now lost the page and the router > references--but it did mention "supported protocols IPv4 + IPv6" as > indicated below). > > At any rate: > > if you have an IPv6 router or a DHCP server on your local network, but > want to avoid them because e.g. they give wrong answers, you can use > the parameter netcfg/disable_autoconfig=true to prevent any automatic > configuration of the network (neither v4 nor v6) and to enter the > information manually. > > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s03.html.en > > So I guess the 'netcfg/disable_autoconfig=true' as boot parameter would > allow for manual configuration of the network within the installer, thus > obviating the IPv6 conundrum. > > > Yet what installer *does* have that's /proc. > > So, wait for the network autoconfiguration, switch to root vt, invoke: > > > > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6 > > Maybe this would be less trouble.
The OP's wget command could be tested immediately after the network is set up and IPv6 is disabled using either yours or Reco's method. -- Brian.
