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Re: error when installing the base system



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Matt Kraai wrote on Thu Mar 14, 2002 um 08:26:05AM:

> > I searched every cd for a source called basedebs.tar but i cannot find it.
> > May it be, that the cds are not correctly burned?
> 
> If you install from CD, basedebs.tar isn't required.
> 
> pppoeconf is unpacked by debootstrap, but isn't included on the
> first CD.  I'll contact the debian-cd folks about fixing this.

Why? Blame the CD distributors that cook the CDs with an outdated version
of debootstrap. See:

/usr/share/debian-cd/tasks/base-woody:    debootstrap --arch $arch --print-debs $CODENAME | tr ' ' '\n'

> The simplest workaround is to install base via the network.  Let
> us know if that isn't acceptable.

Download current basedebs.tar and install from it. About 26MB.

Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
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