On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 02:24:38AM +0100, Lucas Moulin wrote: > Hi again, > > I've finally managed to boot my Indigo2 into the Debian installer, using > the kernel found on > http://honk.physik.uni-konstanz.de/linux-mips/install/r4k-ip22/tftpboot.img > The installation goes well, until I have to download the packages from > the net. All packages are downloaded via > http://http.us.debian.org/debian as it is the default choice. But > sometimes I get "could not download package" or "corrupted archive" and > I go back to the Debian menu highlighting "Install Base System". > If I repeat this operation a few times, all packages are downloaded, > validated and extracted at last. But debootstrap _always_ fails during > the configuration. I've spent 6 hours trying to get it through, and I > couldn't succeed. I got errors 139, 138, 134 and 1. I've tried reloading > the installation process from the beginning, rebooting the computer a > couple of times, nothing worked, so I'm kind of helpless right now. > So my question was, is anyone aware of such issues, and if so, is there > a way to complete the installation ? I'd also like to know if I could > use sarge's or sid's debootstrap package instead, since it's apparently > the one that's causing all the mess. If this is possible, could someone > please explain me how ? > The weirdest thing is I've got a friend who's got the _exact_ same > hardware, and had no problem installing Debian Woody. Am I cursed or > something ? Where could this problem come from, besides debootstrap ? > Again, thanks in advance.
Defective hardware can cause lots of problems. Maybe the ram or other parts are flacky. Len Sorensen
