Hi Next problem (ho hum) with: SAMS Installing GNU/Linux book with the copy of Debian 2.1 Dell Inspiron PIII 650, 128mb ram, 18gb or so hard drive, dvd rom (cd compatible), LS120
Okay managed to install rescue and driver image by using the install from dos/harddrive and the tecra images. Now get as far as installing the base system, but even though things appear to be happening (drive light going, significant pause etc), the installer just goes back to the option to install base system. If I try and force it past that point to Configure Base System, I just get a message Base System not Installed! I've tried various permutations of the different binary images, installing rescue/driver from hard drive and base from CDRom and the same thing happens. Is it possible the base archive is corrupt, is there a windows based program to process the tgz file to see if its okay (I've got ZipMagic but it falls over every time I try and open the tar file, but this could just be zip magic, so I'd like confirmation using an alternate archive program). (I'm getting close to buying a copy of Red Hat I must say!) Any help appreciated, regards Paul
