Bug#137992: base installation fails because of missing package
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 09:01:30PM +0100, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Hi Phil!
>
> On 12 Mar 2002, Phil Blundell wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 12:41, Martin Pitt wrote:
> > > Couldn't download pppoeconf
> > >
> > > This package is indeed not on the first CDROM. I already tried the
> > > following alternatives:
> > >
> > > * downloading an image from a different mirror
> > > * checking md5sums (all were okay)
> > > * building a jigdo image today
> > > * net installation over ftp from ftp.de.debian.org
> > >
> > > All of these failed.
> >
> > I'm a bit surprised that the network install failed. Even if pppoeconf
> > is not on the CD, it's in woody and you should have been able to
> > download it from the FTP site. Was there any clue as to what went wrong
> > in that case?
>
> I don't know the installation system exactly, but I suppose that there
> is a list of packages that belong to the base system. The list on the
> CDROM was probably wrong, so it did not use the net version neither. I
> booted from CDROM and first tried the CDROM install. After the failure
> I repeated the base installation process with the network option.
The invalid-debootstrap... list had pppoeconf in it, but the basedebs
used for the CD didn't contain it. The network install should have
worked, but that's not your concern anyhow, judging from the next para.
> I am pretty clueless now. Today it was just a trial, but next week I
> have to install Debian on a system that is not connected to the
> internet (not even a modem), so I must find a proper solution. I try
> to get my old CDs back, install from these and update the system with
> my new CDs; but that doesn't help the actual problem, doesn't it.
>
> Would it help if I sent the jigdo file I used? Maybe some of you guys
> have the possibility to try the CD image I used as well (www.debian.de
> -> Debian on CD -> testing -> any mirror -> woody-i386-1.raw, dated
> March 8 2002).
There is a fixed basedebs.tar in the archive now
(disks-<arch>/base-images-current) which includes pppoeconf. If all else
fails, you could download that and burn it on the CD too, so at least
it would be available.
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