Quoting Clyde Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I think your tgz files need to be on a linux partition.
That's just plain wrong. They can be anywhere that your installation kernel can get to them. > On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Owens, Jerry wrote: > > > I am trying to install Debian GNU/Linux version 2.1 on a > > Compaq Deskpro PII 233. I have downloaded all of the required files from > > the ftp site and I am using a boot disk to install Debian. The base file > > (base2_1.tgz) is on the dos partition. The install goes fine until it > > tries to unzip the base file. Then I get an error stating that "There > > was a problem extracting the Base System from > > /instmnt/linux/debian/base2_1.tgz. I don't think you're alone here, though I don't recall noticing what the most frequent reasons were. > > I have downloaded this several times > > from different sites to make sure I didn't get a bad copy with no luck. You can check your copy's integrity by gunzip-ing it yourself. Switch to VC2 with Alt-F2, copy it somewhere, then gunzip it. If you're left with a tar file, then the copying process was not corrupted and you can look for the solution elsewhere. e.g. (untested) cp path-to-your-file/base2_1.tgz . gunzip base2_1.tgz ls (Copying it prevents you altering the original. IIRC at this stage . is / so it doesn't matter if you add a tarfile.) Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
