This patch fixes the problem. --- prebaseconfig.~1.3.~ Wed Mar 5 23:24:20 2003 +++ prebaseconfig Tue Mar 11 19:27:53 2003 @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fi db_get debian-installer/serial-console -if [ $RET = "no" ] ; then +if [ "$RET" = "no" ] ; then apt-install console-tools console-data console-common chroot /target install-keymap $KEYMAP fi