can't get passed the install (was woody install problem)

[Robert Schweikert <rjschwei@mindspring.com>]

OK,

After continued trouble with the woody boot floppies, I am still getting
the message 'Malformed file: ......../woody/Release', I fabricated CDs
and tried to install potato. Well I am not having much more luck there.

1.) X doesn't come up, something about not being able to connect??? I
know this is too sketchy, and it's not really my main point.

So I though I'd try to install the woody packages using apt-get, but no
luck there. Here I get the message 'Can't stat file
......binary-i386/Packages'.

The 'stat' utility is missing from the install, is this a separate
package or where can I find it?

If apt-get needs stat shouldn't it be installed when apt-get is
installed?

As far as the woody boot floppies are concerned, I looked through the
sources from cvs for the boot floppies but failed to find the place
where 'Malformed' message is coming from.

Help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Robert

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Robert Schweikert                      MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU
rjschwei@mindspring.com                         LINUX