Re: Problem with mirrors in a 10.4.0 install

2020-07-21 Thread Bill
On 21/07/20 12:05 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: Does the wget command (without the grep) part work? Thanks Andrei, You've definitely pointed me in the right direction. On another host, I ran the installer command: wget --no-verbose http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/debian/dists/buster/Release -O -

Re: Problem with mirrors in a 10.4.0 install

2020-07-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 20 iul 20, 12:10:01, Bill wrote: > > My networking in the install is correctly set up I believe. Although the > installer doesn't have ping capability (ash), I am able to ping the new box > correctly from another host on my lan. I've selected http as the mirror > protocol and there is no pr

Re: Problem with mirrors in a 10.4.0 install

2020-07-20 Thread Andrew Cater
Try using deb.debian.org - the CDN (content delivery network) suggestion that will try and geolocate you. Depends which coast you're nearest - I'd try either MIT / California [Universities with high bandwidth] :) The default mirror for US appears to be run by Wikimedia - they've also got bandwidth