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I've switched blog software and am still moving posts over 215from the <a rel="external" href="https://strugglers.net/~andy/blog/">old site</a>, so you might find 216what you were looking for over there.</p> 217<p>I decided not to keep the same URL because after about 20 years I figured I 218should probably come to terms with the fact that <code>strugglers.net</code> is now only 219really used by me, for my stuff.</p> 220 221 </section> 222 </div><div id="image-container-home"> 223 <img alt="Andy" id="banner-home-img" src="https://strugglers.net/img/profile-violet-round-450px.png" /> 224 </div></div> 225 226 227<div id="posts-list"> 228 <div> 229 230 231<h1 class="title-container section-title bottom-divider"> 232 Most recent posts 233</h1> 234 235 236 </div> 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359<div class="bloglist-container"> 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 <section class="bloglist-meta bottom-divider"> 368 <ul><li class="date">24th August 2026</li> 369 370 371 </ul> 372 </section> 373 374 <section class="bloglist-content bottom-divider"> 375 <div> 376 377 378 <h2 class="bloglist-title"> 379 <a href="https://strugglers.net/posts/2026/dhcpv6-broken-in-d-i-for-tenplus-years/">DHCPv6 has been broken in the Debian Installer for 10+ years</a> 380 </h2> 381 382 383 <div class="bloglist-tags"> 384 385 <a class="tag" href="https://strugglers.net/tags/debian/">debian</a> 386 387 <a class="tag" href="https://strugglers.net/tags/ipv6/">ipv6</a> 388 389 </div> 390 391 392 <div class="description"> 393 394 <p>As far as I can see, installs that require DHCPv6 have not been possible using 395the Debian Installer for more than 10 years. A bug has been reported but I 396suspect hasn't seen much attention because most people who have IPv6 use SLAAC.</p> 397 398 </div> 399 <a class="readmore" href="https://strugglers.net/posts/2026/dhcpv6-broken-in-d-i-for-tenplus-years/">Read more <span class="arrow">â</span></a> 400 </div> 401 </section> 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 <section class="bloglist-meta bottom-divider"> 413 <ul><li class="date">13th August 2026</li> 414 415 416 </ul> 417 </section> 418 419 <section class="bloglist-content bottom-divider"> 420 <div> 421 422 423 <h2 class="bloglist-title"> 424 <a href="https://strugglers.net/posts/2026/
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