Hi,
I've been using debian (0.93R6) a while now at home and in my first
office, and never had any problems, till trying to install debian on a
computer at my second office. After installing the base system and running
dselect for the first time with no problems, I keep getting error messages
when using dpkg (+- dselect) or dftp when installing subsequent packages.
The errors are:
$ dpkg --install package_x.deb
.
.
.
gzip:stdout: Broken pipe
dpkg-deb: subprocess gzip -dc returned error exit status 1
dpkg: error processing package_x.deb (--install)
subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered... (and so on)
I've tried the following:
reinstalling gzip from scratch (tar not deb)
reinstalling dpkg (tar and deb and recompiling source)
reinstalling the whole os
dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile xxx.deb > xxx.tar and dpkg-deb -e xxx.deb to
get the package contents and control files installed and processed
(this *will* work but it's a hassle)
The computer in question is:
IBM Personal Computer 750-P90
hda1=540MB Conner HD, hdb=ATAPI cdrom, hdc=Maxtor 72004A 2Gig HD
24 meg RAM
+floppy, tape, cyclom 8 port, etc.
I've read the Debian installation manual, gone to www.debian.org, searched
the mailing list archives, etc. but haven't found very much. If it's a
problem because it's an IBM, I'm having the computer replaced in a week or
two. This is the fourth or fifth time this had happened, and I'm getting
kinda frustrated. Any suggestions? Am I missing something really obvious?
Thanks in advance,
Paul Schoenly
Auburn University
