Bug#117914: boot-floppies: debootstrap fails - install impossible
Subject: boot-floppies: debootstrap fails
Package: boot-floppies
Version: 3.0.15-2001-10-18
Severity: critical
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: <deleted by user>
I am sending this bug from another machine because the machine on
which the problem occurs has not successfully been installed because
of the problem I am about to report here, hence deleteing the kernel
version information above.
The version of boot-floppies above is the directory name under
debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386 from which I took images-1.44's
rescue and root, and the drivers.tgz.
Anyway, on with the bug report. I boot the rescue and switch the root
fine. I've mounted a couple of partitions in order to see the Debian
archive on my own machine (put there with older Debian installation
in different partition). I specify that I want to configure kernel
modules and add pcnet32, st, sg. Then when I proceed to installing
the base system, I get the little progress bar appearing, the message
displayed is 'calling debootstrap', and when the bar just begins
to move off, I get an window with title "Error" and with message
"Couldn't download at". Yup, that's all. When I press enter to
continue, I am returned to the main installation menu with the same
'Next' and alternates displayed.
This error was *very* reproducible; I got it each of the about ten
times I tried.
I don't know that I can really offer you much more information, since
I'm now going back to 2.2R3's CDROMs to install a base system, and
then I'll just do an upgrade to get to my intended 'testing' system,
but if you let me know ... Thanks.
Alexis Huxley ahuxley@eso.org
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