Re: s390(x) mirror failures on install

On 1/19/2019 2:49 AM, Frank Griffin wrote:
> I am trying to install *any* Debian s390 (currently 8.11) version on
> Hercules.  I successfully boot the installer and configure the network,
> and successfully ssh from my host system to the installer, but no matter
> which mirror I pick I consistently get failures claiming the mirror does
> not support the release.
> 
> /var/log/syslog has the following:
> 
> Jan 19 01:09:55 main-menu[243]: INFO: Menu item 'choose-mirror' selected
> Jan 19 01:09:55 anna-install: Queueing udeb apt-mirror-setup for later
> installation
> Jan 19 01:10:28 choose-mirror[1248]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/dists$
> Jan 19 01:10:48 choose-mirror[1248]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/dists$
> Jan 19 01:11:08 choose-mirror[1248]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/dists$
> Jan 19 01:11:28 choose-mirror[1248]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/dists$
> Jan 19 01:11:48 choose-mirror[1248]: INFO: mirror does not have any
> suite symlinks
> Jan 19 01:11:48 choose-mirror[1248]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/dists$
> Jan 19 01:12:08 choose-mirror[1248]: WARNING **: mirror does not support
> the specified release (jes$
> Jan 19 01:25:03 main-menu[243]: (process:1241): wget: bad address
> 'mirrors.kernel.org'
> Jan 19 01:25:03 main-menu[243]: (process:1241): wget: bad address
> 'mirrors.kernel.org'
> Jan 19 01:25:03 main-menu[243]: (process:1241): wget: bad address
> 'mirrors.kernel.org'
> Jan 19 01:25:03 main-menu[243]: (process:1241): wget: bad address
> 'mirrors.kernel.org'

I'd say you don't have internet connectivity from within the emulated
machine. At least DNS seems to be not working, hence wget complaining
about the hostnames.

Kind regards
Philipp Kern

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