I'm not sure if this helps in finding the problem with "Select and install software"
I'm not sure what I'm looking for... Rod Jan 25 15:33:48 main-menu[230]: INFO: Menu item 'load-cdrom' selected Jan 25 15:33:48 cdrom-retriever: warning: File /cdrom/dists/sid/main/debian-installer/binary-sparc64/Packages does not exist. Jan 25 15:33:48 anna[1037]: DEBUG: resolver (open-iscsi-udeb): package doesn't exist (ignored) Jan 25 15:33:48 anna[1037]: DEBUG: resolver (zfsutils-udeb): package doesn't exist (ignored) Jan 25 15:33:48 anna[1037]: DEBUG: resolver (zfs-modules): package doesn't exist (ignored) Jan 25 15:33:48 anna[1037]: DEBUG: resolver (libparted0-udeb): package doesn't exist (ignored) Jan 25 15:33:48 anna[1037]: DEBUG: resolver (open-iscsi-udeb): package doesn't exist (ignored) Jan 25 15:33:48 anna[1037]: DEBUG: resolver (zfsutils-udeb): package doesn't exist (ignored) Jan 25 15:33:48 anna[1037]: DEBUG: resolver (zfs-modules): package doesn't exist (ignored) Jan 25 15:33:48 anna[1037]: DEBUG: resolver (libparted0-udeb): package doesn't exist (ignored) Jan 25 15:33:48 anna[1037]: DEBUG: retrieving apt-cdrom-setup 1:0.108 . . . Jan 25 15:32:13 main-menu[230]: (process:5207): /lib/partman/fstab.d/zfs: Jan 25 15:32:13 main-menu[230]: (process:5207): line 49: Jan 25 15:32:13 main-menu[230]: (process:5207): zpool: not found Jan 25 15:32:13 main-menu[230]: (process:5207): Jan 25 15:32:14 main-menu[230]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for brltty-udeb Jan 25 15:32:14 main-menu[230]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for brltty-udeb Jan 25 15:32:14 main-menu[230]: INFO: Menu item 'bootstrap-base' selected Jan 25 15:33:13 debootstrap: dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 5 package 'dpkg': Jan 25 15:33:13 debootstrap: missing description Jan 25 15:33:13 debootstrap: dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 5 package 'dpkg': Jan 25 15:33:13 debootstrap: missing architecture Jan 25 15:33:13 debootstrap: Selecting previously unselected package base-passwd . Jan 25 15:33:13 debootstrap: (Reading database ... 0 files and directories currently installed.) Jan 25 15:33:13 debootstrap: Preparing to unpack .../base-passwd_3.5.39_sparc64.deb ... Jan 25 15:33:13 debootstrap: Unpacking base-passwd (3.5.39) ... Jan 25 15:33:13 debootstrap: Setting up base-passwd (3.5.39) ... Jan 25 15:33:13 debootstrap: dpkg: base-passwd: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested: Jan 25 15:33:13 debootstrap: base-passwd depends on libc6 (>= 2.8); however: Jan 25 15:33:13 debootstrap: Package libc6 is not installed. Jan 25 15:33:13 debootstrap: base-passwd depends on libdebconfclient0 (>= 0.145); however: Jan 25 15:33:13 debootstrap: Package libdebconfclient0 is not installed. Jan 25 15:33:13 debootstrap: Jan 25 15:33:14 debootstrap: dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 24 package 'dpkg': Jan 25 15:33:14 debootstrap: missing description Jan 25 15:33:14 debootstrap: dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 24 package 'dpkg': Jan 25 15:33:14 debootstrap: missing architecture Jan 25 15:33:14 debootstrap: Selecting previously unselected package base-files. Jan 25 15:33:14 debootstrap: (Reading database ... 41 files and directories currently installed.) Jan 25 15:33:14 debootstrap: Preparing to unpack .../base-files_9.5_sparc64.deb ... Jan 25 15:33:14 debootstrap: dpkg: regarding .../base-files_9.5_sparc64.deb containing base-files, pre-dependency problem: Jan 25 15:33:14 debootstrap: base-files pre-depends on awk Jan 25 15:33:14 debootstrap: awk is not installed. Jan 25 15:33:14 debootstrap: Jan 25 15:33:14 debootstrap: dpkg: warning: ignoring pre-dependency problem! Jan 25 15:33:14 debootstrap: Unpacking base-files (9.5) ... Jan 25 15:33:15 debootstrap: Setting up base-files (9.5) ... Jan 25 15:33:15 debootstrap: dpkg: base-files: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested: Jan 25 15:33:15 debootstrap: base-files depends on awk; however: Jan 25 15:33:15 debootstrap: Package awk is not installed. Jan 25 15:33:15 debootstrap: Jan 25 15:33:16 debootstrap: dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 50 package 'dpkg': Jan 25 15:33:16 debootstrap: missing description Jan 25 15:33:16 debootstrap: dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 50 package 'dpkg': Jan 25 15:33:16 debootstrap: missing architecture Jan 25 15:33:16 debootstrap: (Reading database ... 118 files and directories currently installed.) Jan 25 15:33:16 debootstrap: Preparing to unpack .../dpkg_1.18.4_sparc64.deb ... Jan 25 15:33:16 debootstrap: dpkg: regarding .../dpkg_1.18.4_sparc64.deb contain ing dpkg, pre-dependency problem: Jan 25 15:33:16 debootstrap: dpkg pre-depends on libbz2-1.0 . . . Jan 25 16:10:10 in-target: Failed to fetch http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/dists/sid/InRelease Unable to find expected entry 'main/source/Sources' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file) On 1/25/2016 10:21 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 01/25/2016 05:12 PM, rod wrote: >> Now it fails on "Select and install software" > > Check what the log files say and post it here. But please post > the relevant parts only. > > Adrian >
