Debian Warriors, I have purchased a book titled Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 Unleashed, it is about 1120 pages in length and in the back cover is a CD labeled Debain GNU/Linux 2.1 Unleashed.
I have a clean Pentium 255 MHz machine that previously ran SuSE Linux with no problems. To make things as clean as possible I am trying to do a complete install saving nothing from past activities. I step through the installation taking the defaults, doing nothing out of the ordinary, when I get to the following the installation stops working: Next: Install the Base System I input <Enter> Please select the medium you will use to install the system I arrow down to cdrom : CD-ROM drive <Enter> Choose the type of your CD interface I arrow down to /dev/hdc : ATPI (IDE), first drive on the secondary controller I input <Enter> Please place the Debian CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive The CD that came with the book is already in the CD-ROM drive so I input <Enter> Please choose the path inside the CD-ROM where the Debian archive resides the following is highlighted /debain I select Ok and <Enter> system comes back with; Please select the directory containing a file base2_1.tgz that you will use to install the Base System The following is highlighted list : Choose from a list of all Archive paths "building a list of archive paths" Please select the directory that you will use to install the Base System from. only a single path is give and it is highlighted; /instmnt/debain/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/current The system then attempts to extract and then comes up with "File error!" There was a problem extracting the Base System from /instmnt/debian/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/current/base2_1.tgz Now has anyone out there used this Debian distribution? I am attempting to use the most basic installation with the CD that came in the back of the book but cannot make it work. I have read that Debian can be troublesome to install, but I am selecting the basic defaults and recording all of the steps I used to get where I am - have over two pages of hand written notes on the questions asked by the system along with my responses/answers, and then things stop working !!!! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, John D. Holp