> From: Melissa Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 06:54:19 -0500 > To: Brad Lipinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Newbie install problems - Please help > > On 7/25/02 at 3:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brad Lipinski) wrote: > >> I have an Power Computing 210 with a G3 450Mhz upgrade chip. >> 112 MB of Ram. >> >> I downloaded the Woody iso disk and I'm trying to install it. >> I have two questions: >> >> With BootX which kernel should I boot from to install. The >> 'vmlinux' kernel or the 'vmlinux-2.4' kernel. What is the >> difference? > > vmlinux would be the 2.2 kernel, and vmlinux-2.4 would be the > 2.4 kernel. Bet that helped. :) 2.4 is newer and may support > newer hardware better.
The strange part is when I use 2.4 kernel the install program doesn't recognize my hard drive in the size it should be. I keeps telling that is is only like 256MB. But the 2.2 install recognizes the drive to be 7 GB. ????? So I figure I should use the 2.2 kernel for installation. (or is this were my problems might be?) > >> In my install I get as far as installing the base system then >> it stops and gives me the error: >> >> /instamnt/pool/main/g/glibc/lib6_2.2.5_6powerpc.deb corrupt >> >> Then I try to install via http://http.us.debian.org and I get >> the error: >> >> libc6 corrupt >> >> What do I do from here? I thought my .iso would be bad but I >> seem to get the same error when I try to do a net install. > > libc6 is an important file; it would need it for both kinds of > install. If you have a floppy drive, you could make boot > floppies and do a net install from them; see > <http://www.debian.org/distrib/floppyinst> > for that. Note how they keep linking to the installation guide; > reading it is probably a good thing to do. (Reading the docs is > NOT cheating. :> ) > I have to say that I have gone through the documentation several times. I did mention about that I have tried a net install and still get the same error from BootX. Which is what I find puzzling. I did try a floppy boot disk and then the net install with them, as you suggest above, and I still get the same error. It just leads me to believe there is something wrong with my computer. >> Any help is appreciate. > > Hope this qualifies. > > Oh, yeah. Once you get Linux up and running, go to > <http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/> > to see how to download CD images that *work*. Cool thing. > Hope they port it to other OSes soon. I saw this and of the three computers I have running linux now, none of them have a burner. So if I ever get this box running I will have to investigate jigdo. > > Melissa Reid > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
