On Sat, Apr 09, 2022 at 05:42:43PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Roberto C. Sánchez composed on 2022-04-09 17:16 (UTC-0400): > > > Have you tried the option to manually enter the mirror information? In > > the past I have successfully used this point at archive.debian.org for > > an installation of an older version of Debian. You should be able to > > use the URL http://archive.debian.org/debian/ (IIRC). > > Is there a more detailed menu where manual entry is offered? All that's > presented is: > Doing a regular installation, just after the base system is installed, select "yes" to the question "Use a network mirror?" Go to the top of the list and select the "enter information manually" option. Enter the host name as "archive.debian.org" and the archive mirror directory as "/debian/" (these will be asked as two separate questions).
I tried it just now in a new installation in a Qemu VM and it worked. The installer was able to retrieve packages from arcive.debian.org. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez
