----- Forwarded message from Andrew Laughton <andrew.laughton@westnet.com.au> ----- From: Andrew Laughton <andrew.laughton@westnet.com.au> Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 10:22:22 +1000 To: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Subject: Re: Bug#308722: Failed network install at "Install base system" step User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 Hi Joey I am using the 110 MB iso, and the CD passed both the verify when burning test and the CD test part of the install options. However the CD later failed so I might be having hardware problems. I need to follow this up when I have more time. Thanks anyway. Andrew. On Thu, 12 May 2005 1:58, you wrote: > Andrew Laughton wrote: > > Package: installation-reports > > Version: netinst CD image, with Debian base i386 version > > [23 Mar 2005] Debian-Installer release candidate 3 > > > > When attempting to install from the above CD I got as far as > > "Validating Libcomerr2" before it came up with an error message saying > > "Debootstap error Couldn't download libcomerr2" > > > > I went back to main menu and tried "Install the base system" again. > > got error message > > "Cannot install Debian > > No Installable CD-rom was found and no valid mirror was configured" > > > > I tried changing my country from Australia to United States, but I got > > the same error message. > > > > There appeared to be no network traffic during the last "Install base > > system" attempts. > > I did not check network traffic on the first attempt. > > You said you used the netinst CD image. If it's the 110 mb iso, then you > should not expect much network traffic during the initial install, as > this CD contains the whole debian base system and you only need the > network to install other stuff, after the base installation. > > It sounds like it may be having trouble reading some files from your CD. > There is a menu item available after it fails that you can use to try to > verify the CD contents, or you could try burning a new CD, preferably > using different CD media. > > If on the other hand you're not really using the netinst CD image, but > the businesscard image, then it could indeed be a network problem. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- see shy jo
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