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Bug#165550: boot-floppies: retrying installation of the base-system fails



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* martin f krafft [Sun, Oct 20 2002, 12:45:30PM]:
> Package: boot-floppies
> Version: N/A; reported 2002-10-20
> Severity: important
> 
> it happens rarely, but the base install does fail on occasion. in that
> case, the installer tells me i can retry the installation by
> re-selecting that item in the menu. however, the retry will fail as
> soon as it tries to reinstall a package because it's already
> installed. can dpkg be called with --force-overwrite?

Well, are you talking about dbootstap? IIRC it warns you and recommends
to re-mkfs when an installed debian system has been found.

Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
-- 
"Computer sind nicht logisch, Windows98 auch nicht und beides zusammen,
NaJaaa"                                       Mirko @ NBCGIGA 13.7.1999

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