RE: Installing Debian trouble
Juerqen, Thanks, I have ordered the 6 CD set and feel much better about that approach. I am currently doing Red Hat 6.2 and SuSE 6.2 and was not well informed about Debian but this site seems really good. John -Original Message- From: Juergen Fiedler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 1:47 PM To: Jon Pennington Cc: Holp, John Mr.; 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' Subject: Re: Installing Debian trouble At Wed, 03 Jan 2001 10:48:17 -0600, Jon Pennington wrote: > > "Holp, John Mr." wrote: > > [...] > > 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 > > Sounds like a bad CD. If you have high-speed network access, I'd advise > using http instead of CD, or getting a different CD. One little addition, if I may: You don't really want to install version 2.1 anyway, if you can help it(*). It is about 1.5 versions behind the current development. Besides installing Debian 2.2 is actually a bit easier than installing 2.1. If you can wait 3 to 4 days, a 3 CD set is about $6 at cheapbytes.com. j
Re: Installing Debian trouble
At Wed, 03 Jan 2001 10:48:17 -0600, Jon Pennington wrote: > > "Holp, John Mr." wrote: > > [...] > > 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 > > Sounds like a bad CD. If you have high-speed network access, I'd advise > using http instead of CD, or getting a different CD. One little addition, if I may: You don't really want to install version 2.1 anyway, if you can help it(*). It is about 1.5 versions behind the current development. Besides installing Debian 2.2 is actually a bit easier than installing 2.1. If you can wait 3 to 4 days, a 3 CD set is about $6 at cheapbytes.com. j
Re: Installing Debian trouble
"Holp, John Mr." wrote: > > 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 Sounds like a bad CD. If you have high-speed network access, I'd advise using http instead of CD, or getting a different CD. -- -=|JP|=-"Why, oh, why didn't I take the blue pill?" Jon Pennington| Atipa Linux Solutions -o) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.atipa.com/\\ Kansas City, MO, USA | 816-595-3000 x1550 _\_V 6D04 39E0 CAE9 9ADA 2CA3 2EBE 898A 6C37 CA1E A29C
Re: Installing Debian trouble
On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 10:54:19AM -0500, Holp, John Mr. wrote: > /instmnt/debain/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/current > > The system then attempts to extract and then comes up with "File > error!" Sounds like the CD in the book is damaged. I tried one as well that was, then I borrowed one from a friend. If you have a good network connection, you can try the boot floppies, get networking functioning, and then apt-get the rest. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to UNIX PGP Public Key: http://www.storm.ca/~msoulier/email.phtml pgpYAUGIPMfy9.pgp Description: PGP signature
