On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 02:06 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20100311_210440, Richard Hector wrote:
> > Shortly after it asks me if I want security and volatile repos, which I > > say yes to, it hangs. Switching to tty4 I see that it's decided that the > > upgraded packages it wants to install are untrusted, and is waiting for > > me to type yes or no, which I can't do through the dialog (or whatever > > it is) interface - or the gui install, for that matter. > > Yes. My work-around is to never request any packages beyond the bare > miminum while installing with netinstall. Also, I deselect security > and volatile during netinstall. Things that might not be available at > the moment that they are needed during netinstall should not be > requested. If all goes well in the netinstall, you will soon have > your new system up and running. So wait a few minutes to do the > updates. > > I wish the installer were more user friendly, but ... I have no > realistic suggestions as to how to make it more user friendly. I > would count this as a wish-list item. Maybe the documentation > should be rewritten to avoid suggesting that one install everything > in one great surge. Right, I redid the installation by deselecting the security and volatile options, then upgraded afterwards by choosing a different mirror (my employer maintains an unofficial mirror of those 2 for in-house use) And I see there's actually already a bug report: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501723 So I guess I'll leave it at that. Thanks, Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1268301861.8657.25.ca...@diamond.lan.walnut.gen.nz
