Re: URGENT! Install Base System via network: settings wrong
On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 08:32:33PM +0200, Ariel Tankus wrote:
> Since I have the /dev/hda4 unchanged, I just checked what's going on there
> right now (following the installation attempt my original message referred
> to).
>
> retina:/mnt/var/cache/apt/archives# ls -l
> total 896
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69374 Jan 12 19:10 adduser_3.45_all.deb
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 172562 Jan 12 19:11 apt-utils_0.5.4_i386.deb-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 614918 Jan 12 19:10 apt_0.5.4_i386.deb
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37472 Jan 12 19:12 at_3.1.8-10_i386.deb
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 12 19:16 base-config_1.33.7_all.deb
>
> The first 3 files are identical to images I downloaded from the ftp site
> manually.
> The at_3.1.8-10_i386.deb has exactly the same size as the Packages file
> specified (a Packages file I just downloaded). However, I checked 3 ftp
> sites, but they had no ``at'' for i386 at their pools!
> I check ftp.tau.ac.il, ftp.uk.debian.org and sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch .
> (I have problems with ftp.debian.org so I couldn't check it;
> I get a ``Use PASV instead'' message (or sth like that) at the first ``dir''
> command I give, and it gets stuck).
>
> Is there any problem with the ``at'' package at the pool for i386?
>
> Regarding the base-config, the archives do have it, so it was probably not
> downloaded at all (zero size file created on /dev/hda4).
>
> >
> > > 6. I manually erased the two files I just mentioned, returned to the
> > > installation system, and tried once again the base system installation.
> > > And the 3rd surprise: ``Malformed Release file''.
> > > I never got this message in the various downloading attempts I had,
> > > but I got it only after *erased* the two files!
> >
> > That's strange. So it seems that debootstrap is somehow unable to re-
> > download the files after they have been erased.
>
> Maybe it is a pool problem with the at package???
>
> >
> > Was there anything on the Alt-F4 virtual console?
>
> Didn't check that :(
I believe that should still be there, /var/log/installer.log
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