Re: Problematic install - cannot find mirror

2012-09-16 Thread lee
Lisi writes: > Thanks, Chris. This is obviously sensible advice and I was just about to > start downloading CD1 when Brian's post arrived and solved the problem. I do > like this list! You might want to try installer from here some time: http://www.debian.org/CD/live/ DHCP isn't the greate

Re: Problematic install - cannot find mirror

2012-09-16 Thread Brian
On Sun 16 Sep 2012 at 12:15:18 +0100, Lisi wrote: > On Sunday 16 September 2012 12:01:28 Brian wrote: > > > > ftp.uk.debian.org has the IP address 83.142.228.128 so if > > > >wget http://83.142.228.128/ > > > > gets you the file it might indicate you have a DNS problem. > > > > The nameserver

Re: Problematic install - cannot find mirror

2012-09-16 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 16 September 2012 10:13:50 Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Lisi wrote: > > I am doing a net install. I cannot find a usable mirror. I have tried > > at least 4 in the UK and 2 in Holland. So I can progress no further. > > Even if I were to download CD1 an

Re: Problematic install - cannot find mirror

2012-09-16 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 16 September 2012 12:01:28 Brian wrote: > On Sun 16 Sep 2012 at 10:08:50 +0100, Lisi wrote: > > > First check your network connectivity by switching to console 2/3 and > > > doing > > > > > >wget http://debian.mirror.cambrium.nl > > > > > > You should get an index.html file. > > > > N

Re: Problematic install - cannot find mirror

2012-09-16 Thread Brian
On Sun 16 Sep 2012 at 10:08:50 +0100, Lisi wrote: > > First check your network connectivity by switching to console 2/3 and > > doing > > > >wget http://debian.mirror.cambrium.nl > > > > You should get an index.html file. > > No, I didn't. :-( Now all I have to work out is where next?? ftp.

Re: Problematic install - cannot find mirror

2012-09-16 Thread Christofer C. Bell
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Lisi wrote: > > I am doing a net install. I cannot find a usable mirror. I have tried at > least 4 in the UK and 2 in Holland. So I can progress no further. Even if I > were to download CD1 and install from it, the first thing I would want to do > would be to u

Re: Problematic install - cannot find mirror

2012-09-16 Thread Lisi
Hi, Brian! Thanks for this. On Sunday 16 September 2012 00:04:05 Brian wrote: > On Sat 15 Sep 2012 at 23:28:49 +0100, Lisi wrote: > > I am getting a long list of error messages in pairs. I have copied one > > pair, but am not sure in which order they should go, so I may have copied > > the second

Re: Problematic install - cannot find mirror

2012-09-15 Thread Brian
On Sat 15 Sep 2012 at 23:28:49 +0100, Lisi wrote: > I am getting a long list of error messages in pairs. I have copied one pair, > but am not sure in which order they should go, so I may have copied the > second of one pair and the first of the next. > > > Sept 15 21:15:36 choose-mirror[31417

Problematic install - cannot find mirror

2012-09-15 Thread Lisi
I won't list the entire saga of a problematic install, because it might not be relevant and I might bury the wood under trees. I am doing a net install. I cannot find a usable mirror. I have tried at least 4 in the UK and 2 in Holland. So I can progress no further. Even if I were to downloa