Using http-proxy during Installation

[Geert Stappers]

On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 11:15:22AM +0100, Matulat, Ralf wrote:
>  Hi,
> 
> I´ve installed FAI and after some minor and major problems I´m now at a point where I can not go on:
> 
> Due to diskspace-reasons it is not possible for me to create a local Deb-Mirror.
You don't need a _complete_ debian mirror.
So I think the "diskspace-reasons" are gone.

> So I´d like to access a mirror over the internet. The problem is now, that the Client is behind a firewall and the only way to connect to a deb-mirror is over a proxy. So I´ve defined the variable http_proxy.
> 
> After the hdd-partioning the, while "Updating base" in /tmp/fai/updatebase.log there are the following errors:
> 
> Err http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main Release
> 
>             Could not resolve ´security.debian.org´
> 
> ... and later ...
> 
> Err http://ftp.de.debian.org sarge/main Release
> 
>             Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org:80 (141.76.2.4), connection timed out
> 
> For me it looks like fai ignores the proxy-settings an try to connect to the mirrors directly.
> Any ideas how to get fai using the proxy? Thanks for your help,
> Best regards,
> 
> Ralf 

HTH
Geert Stappers
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