Re: URGENT! Install Base System via network: settings wrong
On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 05:50:49PM +0000, Philip Blundell wrote:
> > I then tried a brand new installation, including formatting the partition.
> >In this case, the whole installation, until the base system installation, went
> >smooth. Not a single error and no hack needed. At the base system
> >installation, the error message occured once again.
>
> Okay. First, can you just confirm which version of boot-floppies you were
> using?
3.0.18 from 2001-12-21.
>
> > I'd be glad to do testing, but as for debugging I can't promise anything.
> >What do you mean by debugging (I never tested boot floppies of a machine
> >nor am I familiar with the code; Can I run it with a debugger? What is
> >the testing methodology?)
>
> I meant "debugging" in a fairly generic sense, as in figuring out what's wrong.
> A good place to start would be to run the install up to the point where the
> error occurs, then go to a shell prompt and inspect the Release file that
> debootstrap claims is malformed, to see whether it was successfully downloaded
> and contains a valid Components line.
>
> p.
I'll try and do it tomorrow morning (local time).
Is there anything special to check at the Components line, to see
if it's valid? (Can you send me the exact line I should have there,
just in case it downloads anything?)
I think it does not really download anything when the problem occurs,
as the error message appears instantly after I press ``Enter''.
The network connection should take a little bit more, I think.
I tried to find such a Release file by ``find / -name Release'', but
it didn't find it.
Anyway, where should I find the downloaded Release file (which dir)?
-- Ariel.
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Ariel Tankus
School of Computer Science
Tel-Aviv University
arielt@post.tau.ac.il
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