Can't install mini iso - Bad Archive Mirror

[tanaka]

I am trying to install Kali from the mini iso but keep getting a bad archive mirror error.
The install steps are also different from what is written on the website. (there is no step on partitioning the disks, etc..)
There does not seem to be a problem with the network connection but I keep getting "bad archive mirror" errors and can not proceed to download any packages.
I have tried to manually put in http.kali.org, etc... but nothing works.
Here are the debug logs:


Apr 21 13:22:33 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/pool/dists/oldstable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:22:33 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/pool/dists/stable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:22:33 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/pool/dists/testing/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:22:33 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/pool/dists/unstable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:22:33 choose-mirror[2572]: INFO: mirror does not have any suite symlinks
Apr 21 13:22:33 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/pool/dists/kali/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:22:33 choose-mirror[2572]: WARNING **: mirror does not support the specified release (kali)
Apr 21 13:22:51 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/dists/dists/oldstable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:22:51 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/dists/dists/stable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:22:51 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/dists/dists/testing/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:22:51 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/dists/dists/unstable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:22:51 choose-mirror[2572]: INFO: mirror does not have any suite symlinks
Apr 21 13:22:51 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/dists/dists/kali/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:22:51 choose-mirror[2572]: WARNING **: mirror does not support the specified release (kali)
Apr 21 13:22:57 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/pool/dists/oldstable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:22:57 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/pool/dists/stable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:22:57 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/pool/dists/testing/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:22:57 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/pool/dists/unstable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:22:57 choose-mirror[2572]: INFO: mirror does not have any suite symlinks
Apr 21 13:22:57 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/pool/dists/kali/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:22:57 choose-mirror[2572]: WARNING **: mirror does not support the specified release (kali)
Apr 21 13:23:06 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/pool/main/dists/oldstable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:23:06 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/pool/main/dists/stable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:23:06 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/pool/main/dists/testing/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:23:06 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/pool/main/dists/unstable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:23:06 choose-mirror[2572]: INFO: mirror does not have any suite symlinks
Apr 21 13:23:06 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/pool/main/dists/kali/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:23:06 choose-mirror[2572]: WARNING **: mirror does not support the specified release (kali)
Apr 21 13:23:41 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/dists/dists/oldstable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:23:41 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/dists/dists/stable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:23:41 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/dists/dists/testing/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:23:41 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/dists/dists/unstable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:23:41 choose-mirror[2572]: INFO: mirror does not have any suite symlinks
Apr 21 13:23:41 choose-mirror[2572]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://http.kali.org/dists/dists/kali/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
Apr 21 13:23:41 choose-mirror[2572]: WARNING **: mirror does not support the specified release (kali)

[Gogs]

Hi, I'm having the same issue as you, however I know my (old) laptop requires a custom build due to not supporting PAE and am hazarding a guess that this is where my issue lies. Possibly the same for you?

[g0tmi1k]

I was getting:

WARNING **: mirror does not support the specified release (kali)

...soon as I changed my DNS settings from my ISP to Google's values (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4) things started working!

I was getting this error when using Kali:
* 1.0.3 - x86 (mini and 'full')
* 1.0.3 - x64 (full)