On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 01:38:43PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Comments/Problems: > >> > >> 1. Base system install ended in the error message > >> "Debootstrap ended with an error" > >> followed by > >> "tar: unrecognized file type" > >> debootstrap.log contained only a copy of > >> "tar: unrecognized file type" > >> The error log was empty. > >I get exactly the same, but on an old Pentium I, using floppy disks too. > > >I have built the installer - type "netboot" - from cvs sources on a > >powerpc system, > >and get the same error. > >I tried different mirrors in different countries but the problem is still > > >the same. > > >Was somebody able to fix this problem? > > I've got no answer for this problem and all the other postings in this > list with the > same error ended without a solution.
For a short time there was tar programma the produced tar files that busybox, the program that debian-installer use for tar, not could handle. AFAIK it is fixed. > In /target/var/cache/apt/archives I found packages with character sequence > "1%3a" in its name. <snip/> Try a recent version. Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
