I independently encountered this same error. And coincidentally, I also encountered it trying to do both a RAID install and a non-RAID install (though my RAID configuration was different). I also encountered it using both the testing/etch amd64 beta2 businesscard image and the testing/etch amd64 daily businesscard image. I used the debian.csail.mit.edu mirror. (When I used the mirror at arizona.edu it was broken worse: it couldn't find packages like dselect and dpkg.)
I can't do a Sarge installl and dist-upgrade from there because Sarge doesn't have the needed drivers. (My machine is an SN25P. I tried Sarge amd64 with the 31r0a businesscard installer but it can't configure the ethernet as I believe that it is missing the nVidia CK804 Ethernet Controller driver.) I didn't write down or save the installl logs for the above error. I currently have etch i386 installed but I would much prefer to have etch amd64 installed. If it would help anybody debug the problem, I would be willing to wipe away my i386 install, do an amd64 install just to get the install logs, and then reinstall i386 until amd64 is fixed. But I'd like to do that only if it would really help the developers fix this issue. If someone already knows the cause of the problem, then there is no need for me to go through the effort of install/reinstall. Thanks in advance and let me know, Jeff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]