Re: Debian Install Problem
JakeCatfox@aol.com wrote:
I'm installing from a Debian CD-ROM I got from ISO Image 1 [ver. 2.2r3]. I
partition my hard disk, install the OS and Modules, then the drivers, and
usually that goes fine [drivers sometimes fails], and then I choose to
install the base system, and 4 years later [not really] it tells me that
there was a problem installing the base system, and I see snipets of errors
on the sides of the screen: "ut error", etc. If this doesn't happen, it just
goes right back to the installation screen, with "Install the Base System" as
my default option. If I try to go to Configure the Base System I get an error
saying that I need to install it first. Every time I install the Base System
it asks me if I want to overwrite the base system already written on the
disk, so I know it was successful. I checked the surface of the disc numerous
times, and it's just fine-- no scratches, fingerprints, etc. I even cleaned
it, but it still does this.
Thanks,
-- Deven "WTF is wrong with this installer" Gallo
Sounds like a hardware problem:
In order, I'd suspect:
CD-ROM disk
CD-ROM drive/controller
Hard drive
RAM
Of course it could be some sort of incompatibility with your hardware,
like if you've got some sort of barely-standard motherboard or
something. Perhaps others will have other ideas.
If you've got the drive space, you might try copying the CD's base files
(I'm not sure what they'd be on a CD; they'd roughly correspond to
root.bin, rescue.bin, base-image.tar.gz (or whatever that file is, which
is the grouped-together version of individual floppy images, such as
base1-1440.bin, base2-1440.bin, etc - again, I may not have the exact
names) to a FAT16/32 (MS-DOS) partition on your hard drive, then during
the install, select to install from the hard drive instead of from the
CD-ROM drive. This two-step process should eliminate CD-ROM and hard
drive issues.
In a message dated 7/27/01 11:24:11 AM Eastern Standard Time,
westk@nicanor.acu.edu writes:
<< My guess is that you're installing via floppies; this is a common error
with floppies. Reimage the affected floppy on a different floppy (I once
had to go through four floppies before getting a good image). Floppies
used during the base install have to be FLAWLESS. Even floppies that
seem to be perfectly good for other uses may fail.
If you're not installing from floppies, let us know more details.
Kent >>
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