Re: Problem installing debian on alpha personal workstation - Resolved

[Nele Custers <nelec@ccfun.be>]

Sorry to have bothered you with this. I kept some previous data on the / 
partition and the cause of the error was lack of sufficient disk space

Nele Custers schreef:
> Hi
>
> I'm in the middle of the installation procedure (wrote installation 
> files to CDROM, booted the Alpha from the CD with SRM and successfully 
> passed the first 10 steps or so of the installation, including 
> partitioning).
>
> However, when now trying to perform the "Install the base system" 
> step, after a few minuts the installer starts to check packages (in 
> alphabetic order) and troubles start when at the f with findutils. It 
> gives an error "Debootstrap warning: 
> ftp.freenet.de/debian/pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.2.28-1etch1_alpha.deb 
> was corrupt". After this a lot of other packages give the same issue 
> and it ends with a Debootstrap error (return value 1).
>
> What can I do about this?
>
> Kind regards
>
> Nele