On Mon 03 Sep 2018 at 14:30:20 +0900, 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.
A mirror is not required to complete an installation. Install only the standard system utilities. Then GRUB. Sort a mirror out after first boot. -- Brian.
