Package: boot-floppies Version: 3.0.17-2001-11-18 Severity: critical trying to install debian "woody" on my test machine (386DX-40, 8mb ram) results in this error (on tty4):
-- snip -- Preparing to replace dpkg 1.9.18 (using .../archives/dpkg_1.9.18_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement dpkg ... dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.9.18_i386.deb (--install): subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.9.18_i386.deb -- snip -- the installation system reports: "Failure trying to run: chroot /target dpkg" then: "debootstrap exited with an error (return value 1)" at which point it takes me back to the b-f menu where i can try to install the base system again. i'm installing on to a 4gb ide drive; it's partitioned with a 50mb /boot, a 16mb swap partition, and the rest on the root. i'm installing over the network with a 3c509 isa board, from bigfoot.eecs.umich.edu. i'm connected to the 'net via dsl. this bug may actually belong to dpkg. incidentially, it would be _great_ if the .debs that were downloaded were used if i tried the installation again; i got the error once, then tried it again. the installer downloaded all the packages _again_. this is not a Nice Thing(tm) to do, considering that it takes well over an hour to download & verify all those packages on such a slow system. -- System Information Debian Release: testing/unstable Kernel Version: Linux proton 2.2.19-udma100-ext3 #1 SMP Fri Sep 28 22:56:58 CEST 2001 i686 unknown -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
