Debian Warriors,
I have purchased a book titled Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 Unleashed, it is
about 1120 pages in length and in the back cover is a CD labeled Debain
GNU/Linux 2.1 Unleashed.
I have a clean Pentium 255 MHz machine that previously ran SuSE
Linux with no problems. To make things as clean as possible I am trying to
do a complete install saving nothing from past activities.
I step through the installation taking the defaults, doing nothing
out of the ordinary, when I get to the following the installation stops
working:
Next: Install the Base System I input <Enter>
Please select the medium you will use to install the system I
arrow down to cdrom : CD-ROM drive <Enter>
Choose the type of your CD interface I arrow down to /dev/hdc :
ATPI (IDE), first drive on the secondary controller
I input <Enter>
Please place the Debian CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive The
CD that came with the book is already in the
CD-ROM drive so I input <Enter>
Please choose the path inside the CD-ROM where the Debian archive
resides the following is highlighted
/debain I select Ok and <Enter>
system comes back with;
Please select the directory containing a file base2_1.tgz that you
will use to install the Base System
The following is highlighted
list : Choose from a list of all Archive paths
"building a list of archive paths"
Please select the directory that you will use to install the Base
System from.
only a single path is give and it is highlighted;
/instmnt/debain/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/current
The system then attempts to extract and then comes up with "File
error!"
There was a problem extracting the Base System from
/instmnt/debian/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/current/base2_1.tgz
Now has anyone out there used this Debian distribution? I am attempting to
use the most basic installation with the CD that came in the back of the
book but cannot make it work.
I have read that Debian can be troublesome to install, but I am selecting
the basic defaults and recording all of the steps I used to get where I am -
have over two pages of hand written notes on the questions asked by the
system along with my responses/answers, and then things stop working !!!!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
John D. Holp
