Re: correction, installing Debian Bookworm and Can't find repository
Hi Jeff,
Thanks for the info, I'll save your message for the next time this happens.
I finally gave up and stuck with installing with the Ethernet cable.
I don't like doing this though, because it is a pain in the ass to try to
get WIFI going in the CLI after a clean install.
And if I install from Ethernet, instead of using my WIFI, it is set up for
using the wireless interface after Debian is installed.
But originally, I found my home wireless and got to the part of the install
that wanted a mirror, and it could not find any, like it lost its WIFI
connection or its Internet access.
I later did get WIFI installed, but I had to again connect the Ethernet
cable and install network-manager.
Even though I put my wpa_supplicant.conf file where it belongs and ran
wpa_supplicant and dhclient.
Glenn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Shang" <geoff@QuiteLikely.com>
To: "K0LNY ??" <glenn@ervin.email>
Cc: <debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2023 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: correction, installing Debian Bookworm and Can't find
repository
On Sat, 16 Dec 2023, K0LNY ?? wrote:
> I'm trying to reinstall Debian onto my Asus that only has 4 GB internal
> storage.
> I have a CD installer that I downloaded and used to install it onto an
> external SD card on that computer a few months back.
Which one? Netinst?
You may want to grab the latest installer in order to get any bug-fixes
since the initial release.
> There is not enough storage internally to copy the installation on the SD
> card to the 4 GB internal drive.
> Now while installing on the Asus from the installation media, I'm at the
> point in the installer that it wants the mirror for the repository.
> I select US and then I've tried both the FTP and the HTTP options and
> neither work.
Do you get any error messages? "It doesn't work" is kinda hard to
troubleshoot.
> I've tried it with and without the Ethernet cable attached, because I
> successfully connected to my WIFI at the beginning of the install, and
> when the WIFI possibly failed, I tried the Ethernet.
> So I've been looking on-line and found a lot of entries for the
> sources.list file, but nothing for this part of the installer.
> I am wondering if it is because the version I'm installing from is
> 12.something and now I think Bookworm might be using 12.4.
In general, it shouldn't matter as it's the same major release. But
getting the latest install image wouldn't hurt.
> But it tells me I can edit the sources.list in console 4, but I don't know
> how to get to a console in the installer.
You didn't say which install interface you are using.
If it's a text-based install, you can hit alt-f4 (probably the left alt
key) to get to console 4. You should then be able to check the state of
your network devices, look at logging, etc.
Note that the system that is being installed onto is mounted under /target
(or at least it used to be last time I had to dig into this).
Also, some shell commands will not be available in this mode.
> If I could skip this part, I would, and just add a sources.list file
> later.
The problem is that the installer may not have all the packages you need,
and also it will want to grab the latest versions.
I believe there are ways to install without network connectivity, but I've
never done it so can't say how.
HTH,
Geoff.
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