DW>I suspect that your problems are with the ftp method (this was not tested DW>as extensivly as it should have been)
DW>You indicated that you have tried this 7 times. Was it from scratch each DW>time? That is, did you start over and do a fresh install each time? Yes each time was a start over... Set the Boot partition back to the dos partition first and start again. DW>Suggestion: Set up the base system. Download the new libc5 package and DW>install it with "dpkg -i libc5*.deb 2>&1 |tee install.log". This will put DW>all the error messages into the file intall.log. If the installation DW>fails, send me the file. Does this mean.... When dselect is ran skip the selectoin process and jump strait to install??? DW>If you think it might help, you should feel free to call me, but we should DW>be able to resolve this via e-mail. DW>With respect to a CD. I'm fairly confident that a CD would work for you DW>(this sounds like a problem with the ftp method of dselect) and can DW>provide you with a 1.3.1 CD. If you are interested, let me know. Whats the cost here???? DW>On Wed, 2 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DW>> Is there anyone out there that I could call concerning my problem DW>> installing debian 1.3. DW>> DW>> I have only had one responce on my posted questions... and am no DW>> farther ahead than I was a week ago. DW>> DW>> Whats my problem??? Well ok, let's see, the installation of the base DW>> system DW>> works correctly. I can boot my Debian GNU/Linux system from DW>> harddisk, and I have a network connection. DW>> DW>> Now to the problems. I start dselect, choose ftp as access method, do DW>> an update this works, select my packages, start install. And then DW>> it stops with the dpkg-message referring to can't map /lib/libc5. DW>> DW>> I try to install the file libc5_5.4.33-3.deb using dpkg and I get a DW>> message that says version 4.23-6 is already installed. DW>> DW>> I do get other error messages trying to install other files using the DW>> dpkg -i method. I seem to get all sorts of dependency errors. So I DW>> try to install the files that the system says it depends on and end up DW>> back at the can't map /lib/libc5 error. I also get some kind of error DW>> that says that the /usr/lib/libc.so.5 file is missing. I look for it DW>> and it points to a file in lib/libc.so.5. DW>> DW>> At this point I am confused on whats right and whats wrong. After DW>> installing this thing 7 times now and always running up into the same DW>> error every single install, I don't know where to turn. The IRC are DW>> useless and I haven't gotten but one responce on this list. DW>> DW>> Does anyone know of anyone I can call for help??? If I bought a CD DW>> would it make a differnece? Am I talking to brick wall??????????? DW>> DW>> DW>> Tony Koehn DW>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] DW>> DW>> slakware is looking real nice right about now........ DW>> This email originated from ourtownusa.com. DW>> DW>> DW>> DW>> -- DW>> TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to DW>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? DW>> e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . DW>> DW>> DW>> DW>Dwarf DW>-- DW>_-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- DW>aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 DW> Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road DW> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 DW>_-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_- This email originated from ourtownusa.com. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .