Re: Woody Installation Problem

2002-11-01 Thread Joe Riel
apt-get install dpkg-multicd (I think this should be in the dselect tutorial section of the debian install manual but it isn't - I'll submit a bug report to install-doc unless someone knows why I shouldn't) Then you will have access to the multicd method in dselect. There are instructions

Re: Woody Installation Problem

2002-11-01 Thread Levi Waldron
I don't think this exchange made it to debian-user because there were 2 addresses in the To: header, so I'll resend the whole exchange to the list for the archives. On October 31, 2002 07:39 pm, Levi Waldron wrote: On October 31, 2002 02:13 pm, Joe Riel wrote: I had tried that, but there

Woody Installation Problem

2002-10-31 Thread Levi Waldron
with various tasks selected. While unpacking stuff from CD 3 and error occurred: Maybe that CD has errors on it. You can check it by mounting it, going to the directory where it's mounted, then md5sum -c md5sums.txt No output = good, error output=bad If so you'll need to get a new cd or

Re: Woody Installation Problem

2002-10-31 Thread Joe Riel
Maybe that CD has errors on it. You can check it by mounting it, going to the directory where it's mounted, then md5sum -c md5sums.txt No output = good, error output=bad Thanks, I'll try that. If so you'll need to get a new cd or install those packages from http or ftp. I then ran

Re: Woody Installation Problem

2002-10-31 Thread Levi Waldron
On October 31, 2002 02:13 pm, Joe Riel wrote: I had tried that, but there was, alas, no option for multi-CD. I have no idea how many packages might be broken. apt-get install dpkg-multicd (I think this should be in the dselect tutorial section of the debian install manual but it isn't -

Woody Installation Problem

2002-10-30 Thread Joe Riel
I'm a Linux newbie, and am having a problem installing Woody from CD. During the initial installation I ran tasksel with various tasks selected. While unpacking stuff from CD 3 and error occurred: cxref /usr/bin/dpkg returned error code (1) At that point [things are a bit fuzzy, this

Re: woody installation problem

2002-05-18 Thread Andrew Sweger
Ditto. I have consistently encountered this error with the 20020416 netinst image for the last week or so. At first, I thought it was a bad installer. However, I also get the error Malformed Release when using the 20020215 netinst image which had been working just fine previously. This is when

Re: woody installation problem

2002-05-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 09:27:41PM -0700, Andrew Sweger wrote: Ditto. I have consistently encountered this error with the 20020416 netinst image for the last week or so. At first, I thought it was a bad installer. However, I also get the error Malformed Release when using the 20020215 netinst

woody installation problem

2002-05-15 Thread Aaron Anderson
I'm trying to install Woody however I'm having problems with the installation. When I try to install the base system from the internet (http.us.debian.org), I get "Invalid Release file, no main components". I've tried the vanilla and bf-2.4 set of disks but both produce the same error. I've

Re: Can't download pppoeconf - was ( Woody installation problem)

2002-03-30 Thread Matt Wehland
After filing a bug on this problem #140540 I've received some helpful info from Eduard Bloch and the bug has been closed (there wasn't a bug with the boot floppies package, it seems it was with the CD's) The problem seems to be the basedebs file on the CD is incorrect. Supposedly you can

Can't download pppoeconf - was ( Woody installation problem)

2002-03-29 Thread Matt Wehland
At 02:57 AM 3/27/02, Lucas Cleeve wrote: When I install Woody, I get a error message while installing the base system: Could not find pppoeconf. After that it asks me to install the base system again, and if I do i get the same error message. To which Chris Jenks asked for some more info.

Re: Can't download pppoeconf - was ( Woody installation problem)

2002-03-29 Thread Matt Wehland
As an update, I just tried the bf4 flavor of the boot disks and recieved the same error- can't download PPPOECONF, and the install of the base system quits. I think I am going to try either stable on this system and then upgrade or i may pull a desktop out that I have been meaning to work on

Re: Can't download pppoeconf - was ( Woody installation problem)

2002-03-29 Thread Steffen Evers
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 20:09, Matt Wehland wrote: If I can just figure out that it is a bug and not user error I will be happy to file a bug report (Well I'll be happy to try and figure out how) If I can supply any more info just ask. I'm going to keep beating on it for now. As fare as I

Re: Can't download pppoeconf - was ( Woody installation problem)

2002-03-29 Thread Matt Wehland
At 08:47 PM 3/29/02 -0600, Matt Wehland wrote: Play it again sam. I just tried installing on another system (an old P-90 desktop) and got the same error, Couldn't download PPOECONF. So now it looks like time to file a bug report. Since I'm new to this a little direction could help. I'm

Woody installation problem

2002-03-27 Thread Lucas Cleeve
When I install Woody, I get a error message while installing the base system: Could not find pppoeconf. After that it asks me to install the base system again, and if I do i get the same error message. I don´t even want ppp, is there any way to come arond this problem. Yours sincerely Lucas

Re: Woody installation problem

2002-03-27 Thread Chris Jenks
At 02:57 AM 3/27/02, Lucas Cleeve wrote: When I install Woody, I get a error message while installing the base system: Could not find pppoeconf. After that it asks me to install the base system again, and if I do i get the same error message. I don´t even want ppp, is there any way to come