Hi! On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 07:18:47PM -0400, syrp...@fastmail.com wrote: >Hello, > >When trying the stable v9.9.0 amd64 netinstaller, I keep getting the >message that the libc6 file is corrupt. The file is >/cdrom/pool/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.24-11+deb9u4_amd64.deb. The >installer also fails to download the file -- despite the working >network connection. The install cannot proceed because the file's >part of the base system. > >This occurs with both (1) the direct debian-9.9.0-amd64-netinst.iso >file (mirror at <https://saimei.ftp.acc.umu.se>) and (2) the .torrent >file from <https://cdimage.debian.org>. > >In all cases, I successfully download, checksum, and write the ISO to >a flash drive from another OS. There's no other problem with the >installer -- up until that file.
It's really unlikely that the file is corrupt in the image - lots of people have installed successfully using that same image, including me on the day we built and released it. The most likely thing you're seeing is a problem with the flash drive. Can you read back and verify the netinstall image from the flash drive OK? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." -- James D. Nicoll