> I'm sure it is a really tough system to debug. It would be nice if there
> were something like the Mozilla talkback mechanism, but since the
> installer is running before anything is set up, that's impossible.
I don't know what the talkback system is, but we do have a new
feature, the 'Report
> >Package: boot-floppies
> >Version: 12/18/01 testing
> >Severity: grave
> >
> >When trying to install the base during installation, I get:
> >
> >Malformed release file
> >http://http.us.debian.org:80/debian/dists/woody/Release
>
> This can be caused by any number of transient downloading proble
>I saw this during an install using an early 3.0.18, I noted it in my
>install report. At the time, I tried many mirrors, always got that
>error, and more importantly, using wget manually to get Release
>retrieved the file correctly, and it's contents were ok.
Yeah, you were suffering from a bug
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 08:53:47AM +, Phil Blundell wrote:
> >When trying to install the base during installation, I get:
> >Malformed release file
> >http://http.us.debian.org:80/debian/dists/woody/Release
> This can be caused by any number of transient downloading problems.
> Did you try ano
>Package: boot-floppies
>Version: 12/18/01 testing
>Severity: grave
>
>When trying to install the base during installation, I get:
>
>Malformed release file
>http://http.us.debian.org:80/debian/dists/woody/Release
This can be caused by any number of transient downloading problems.
Did you try ano
Package: boot-floppies
Version: 12/18/01 testing
Severity: grave
When trying to install the base during installation, I get:
Malformed release file
http://http.us.debian.org:80/debian/dists/woody/Release
ifconfig is set up, as is route, and pings go through fine to the debian
server.
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