Here are a couple of things I noticed while installing with boot floppies from a few days ago:
- I tried accessing the base distribution via NFS and got a "Malformed release file ..." error. I was able to determine that the problem was that the file wasn't readable. It would be really nice if there were a more helpful error message. - I made the file above readable, but I still kept getting the same error message. It's almost as if this error is "sticky"--once you get it you're stuck. (see below) - I tried, in a different attempt, to grab the base distribution via the FTP method. This also failed with the "Malformed release file ..." error after a few seconds (perhaps due to a network problem?). When I repeated the attempt, I got the same error message, but immediately, as if the network weren't even being checked. At this point, I removed a file that looked like state, named 'debootstrap.invalid_dists_woody_Release'. After this, I tried again, as above, and the attempt succeeded. It almost seems like something's not being cleaned up correctly when an attempt fails. - There is text on one of the dialogs that says "alt-F4 to debug". It seems like it should say alt-F3, as that's where the bootstrap output is. F4 has kernel messages. - I also had the busybox wget vs ftp problem documented elsewhere. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]