Re: Base Installation problems.
Assad Khan wrote: Hello. I just got Debian 2.1 with the official cds. In the installation when it asks for the path to base2_1.tgz, even though it is there, it says there is a file error and it cant extract /instmnt/debian/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/2.1.8-1999-02-22/base2_1.tgz= . I don't know how to fix it, or whats wrong. Neither do I, but you are not alone. A friend failed to install Debian 2.1 from my CD set last weekend with the same problem. I only upgraded using the CD set, so didn't have a problem. I can successfully do: $ tar ztf /cdrom/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/2.1.8-1999-02-22/base2_1.tgz so I think the file is _not_ corrupt. (For what it's worth, I've had the _same_ problem once installing hamm!) Peter -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada. 418-775-0852 FAX: 775-0546 6623'rd GNU/Linux user at the Counter - http://counter.li.org/
Re: Base Installation problems.
I had the same problem trying a harddisk install of slink (from scratch). It kept giving me the file error (and the floppy install of the base didn't work well either). I just got a new version of base2_1.tgz from the ftp site, and it worked fine. See if you can do that, as that might be the easiest solution. - Original Message - From: Peter S Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Assad Khan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Friday, April 09, 1999 9:54 AM Subject: Re: Base Installation problems. Assad Khan wrote: Hello. I just got Debian 2.1 with the official cds. In the installation when it asks for the path to base2_1.tgz, even though it is there, it says there is a file error and it cant extract /instmnt/debian/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/2.1.8-1999-02-22/base2_1.tgz= . I don't know how to fix it, or whats wrong. Neither do I, but you are not alone. A friend failed to install Debian 2.1 from my CD set last weekend with the same problem. I only upgraded using the CD set, so didn't have a problem. I can successfully do: $ tar ztf /cdrom/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/2.1.8-1999-02-22/base2_1.tgz so I think the file is _not_ corrupt. (For what it's worth, I've had the _same_ problem once installing hamm!) Peter -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada. 418-775-0852 FAX: 775-0546 6623'rd GNU/Linux user at the Counter - http://counter.li.org/ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Base Installation problems.
Hello. I just got Debian 2.1 with the official cds. In the installation when it asks for the path to base2_1.tgz, even though it is there, it says there is a file error and it cant extract /instmnt/debian/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/2.1.8-1999-02-22/base2_1.tgz. I don't know how to fix it, or whats wrong. -Assad Khan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Base Installation problems.
It didnt work :-( -Original Message- From: Adam Linford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Assad Khan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, April 08, 1999 1:08 PM Subject: Re: Base Installation problems. -Original Message- From: Assad Khan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: 08 April 1999 17:34 Subject: Base Installation problems. Hello. I just got Debian 2.1 with the official cds. In the installation when it asks for the path to base2_1.tgz, even though it is there, it says there is a file error and it cant extract /instmnt/debian/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/2.1.8-1999-02-22/base2_1.tgz. I don't know how to fix it, or whats wrong. -Assad Khan Assad, I'm not an expert on Linux, but there is one solution I have which will work. Copy your files to a DOS16 (MS-DOS or equivalent) partition on your hard disk. Delete the corrupt file, and replace it with the same file downloaded from any FTP site which mirrors slink. You can then install it from your DOS partition. I'[m suggesting this because it sounds like the file on your CD is corrupt. If you have used these CD's for an install before and have had no problems, then this solution will not work. From your mail though, it sounds like these are new CD's. There are a few How-to's which cover the specifics on this. I'm not sure of any exact URL's, but a quick trip to Debian.org will point you to the right place. Either that, or they will be on your CD's. Adam
