Brendan Dacre wrote:
> Michael Lake wrote: >>>>> We went to another tty and can see that that file is on the CD in dir >>>>> /pool/main/g/gcc2.95/libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-11woody1_i386.deb >>>>> and >>>>> its size is so 142324 bytes. We can also use cp to copy it to /tmp so >>>>> its certainly readable. >> >> I wonder if this is the problem???? >> The installation guide says... >> "CD's 2 through 5 will each boot a different ``flavor'' depending on >> which CD-ROM is inserted. See Choosing the Right Installation Set, etc... >> CD 5 >> Boots the `bf2.4' flavor. >> > Mike, > > I don't think that is the problem. I have done several successful bf2.4 > installs by specifying it (as I assume you did) when booting from CD1. > > I think you are right about the CD problem. And in fact, it may be the > file called "Packages" which I think is used to verify the details and > location of all the packages. Probably the one in > \dists\woody\main\binary-i386. There appears to be a backup version of > this file in Packages.gz. You might want to compare them. OK thats a good idea. > If you have enough spare disk space, you might want to copy the CD to > this spare space, replace the Packages file and do the install from disk > rather than CD. > > You can probably also get the MD5 sum of the libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 > package (from the Packages file) and independently verify the file is > correct. Yeah, i got the MDF sums from debian and I will check that this weekend just to see if that was the problem. But otherwise Ken has now lent me his Official Debian CD collection and Jill and I last night started to install from that and we dont get the problem that I was getting with my iso image. This time the packages do get validated fine. We had bought the DVD but Jills DVD reader is too old I think.It can read enough of the DVD to boot but not the rest of the DVD. Prob the red laser is just too low a resolution to handle the DVD. Tonight we will try again uisng CDs. -- Mike Lake Caver, Linux enthusiast and interested in anything technical. UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER ======================================================================== This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. ======================================================================== -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
