On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 02:44:35PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > So how could I figure out what the problem is when the installer drops me > > out with "can't download adduser"? strace the process? > well debootstrap is a shell script, what i would suggest is looking at > the command line that dbootstrap used to run debootstrap with and try > it yourself from the shell. either drop the --boot-floppies argument > or add a 3>&1 to the end of the command. The original logs were: # user.info dbootstrap[138]: running '/usr/sbin/debootstrap --boot-floppies woody /target file:/instmnt' # user.err dbootstrap[138]: Couldn't download adduser So, switiching to tty2 instead of choosing "install the base system", and running: /usr/sbin/debootstrap woody /target file:/instmnt Should give you the same error, but will print all the information in the same place. The only problem I can really see causing this is having the Filename's in the Packages files not be correct. If, eg, it's something like: Filename: ../pool/main/a/adduser/adduser_... then things won't work. Basically, whatever the "Filename" filed is, adduser should be accessible as /instmnt/$adduser_filename_field. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <aj@humbug.org.au> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``_Any_ increase in interface difficulty, in exchange for a benefit you do not understand, cannot perceive, or don't care about, is too much.'' -- John S. Novak, III (The Humblest Man on the Net)
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