ibook2 Debian installation problem

[Brendon Colby <bren@midco.net>]

Greetings,

I'm having problems in the Debian installation. I can partition my HDD, install
the operating system kernel and modules, but when I get to Install the Base 
system, I get the following errors:

Failure trying to run: mount -t proc proc /proc

press continue:

debootstrap exited with an error (return value 1)

I'm using boot-floppies 3.0.7 on an iBook2 (dual USB). I'm using the local
mirror (network) to install Debian. To boot into the installation I copied the
install\powermac\* files off the Woody install iso I made (from my local
mirror) onto my Apple_HFS partition. I then boot from OF using:

boot hd:\install\powermac\yaboot

at the prompt I enter:

debian video=ofonly

Perhaps I'm missing something here as I am not fully aware of what goes on 
during the install process.

This is the only way I've been able to boot into the install. Everything works
perfectly (no errors) up until I get to "Install the Base System".

Usually, on an i386, I would switch to another terminal to view the logs. I 
cannot do this with my iBook for some reason. I have tried every key combination
yet I cannot switch to another terminal. Is there something I'm missing?

I'm pretty much out of ideas on this one. Any pointers would be greatly 
appreciated!

Thanks.

-- 
Brendon Colby
Systems Administrator
Midcontinent Communications