On 9/3/18, Harold Hartley <wheelie...@ownmail.net> wrote: > I have two computers. One is fedora and the other I want Debian on it. > Both computers run Ethernet to a router that runs dd-wrt and fedora > connects to internet just fine. I’m actually running a wireless Ethernet > to the modem that connects to isp(cox).But if Debian has firmware included > in the installation for WiFi then I > may try that on it.Is it possible to manually setup a link to mirror after > installation and > scan the mirror manual.I know much earlier versions we was able to do that, > but that was a > while ago.
Have you seen this? https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList It sounds like you might want to add 'contrib' and/or 'non-free' to the repositories listed in /etc/apt/sources.list Regards, Lee > On Sun, Sep 2, 2018, at 22:30, Mark Fletcher wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 09:34:40PM -0700, Harold Hartley wrote: >> > I had ordered myself a Debian dvd 9.5 and everything was installing> > >> > great until it came to scan the mirrors.It seems I was not able to >> > scan a mirror so that I would be able to apt> > an app, but I tried many >> > mirrors and nothing.Can someone on here >> > help me with a solution to get it to scan a mirror> > successfully.I >> > ordered the dvd from a link from Debian website and >> > nothing is wrong> > with the dvd. >> > -- >> >> Hello Harold, and welcome to Debian! >> >> If there are _no_ mirrors available, that sounds to me more like a >> problem with your local network setup, most likely your network device> in >> your computer is not recognised properly. By any chance is it WiFi?> Some >> WiFi devices especially in laptops need proprietary firmware and> don't >> work out of the box off the first DVD. There is a >> "firmware-included" installer that might have a better chance >> of working> in that case. I wouldn't _generally_ expect that to be an >> issue if you> are connected by a wired ethernet connection, but wouldn't >> totally rule> it out. >> >> If you can give us more information about your hardware and how you >> access the internet, the community should be able to help more. >> >> Mark
