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Package: debian-installer
Severity: minor
during stage 2, the installer runs an "apt-get update", then "apt-get
install mdetect" in rapid succession. some ftp servers, such as
ftp.debian.org, detect this as hammering and block connectivity for
something like 2 minutes. an error message about unable to connect
to server is presented, which is potentially disconcerting to the
user. if not patient, he or she may give up on the install
even though everything is working fine.
this was discovered using the sarge 3.1r0a netinst d-i CD
(http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst.iso).
to reproduce, choose ftp.debian.org as an ftp apt source during stage 2.
i'm not sure if this affects the etch beta 1 installer as well.
i did a comprehensive search of the d-i bug reports, but didn't see
anything that addressed this issue yet.
thanks for the hard work. hope you all have a happy new year.
mike
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
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