Bug#328858: Installation report
Hi Garrett
Please don't reply to me in private.
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Garrett Guillotte wrote:
> Christian,
>
> 1) I will try to switch to consoles 3 and 4 during the default install
> when I can get a chance - I am at work now.
OK, we'll see then.
> 2) I did try to install via expert26, and was able to partition the
> hard drive with no problems. Install then failed after configuring
> apt, while trying to download and install packages.
>
> I could properly configure apt; after selecting a mirror (kernel.org
> and debian.org were both successful, using both http and ftp), apt
> would successfully retrieve package and depenency lists. However, when
> proceeding to the next step - selecting what package sets I wanted to
> install, which were by default the desktop environment and basic
> system - apt would stall. It would display four lines about retreiving
> lists, all followed by done, then stall for about five seconds. Then,
> it would produce an error message in the console that stayed on screen
> for a fraction of a second - too briefly to read, but I did see
> something to do with a connection error. However, that doesn't make
> much sense, as there were no connection errors retreiving package and
> dependency lists from the same servers. The console error would be
> replaced by a message from the installer telling me to try again, or
> to continue with broken packages. Internet access is fine on that
> computer while running other operating systems, and is fine on other
> computers on the same network.
>
> If I select any package sets and the option to manually select
> packages, the same stall occurs. If I only select the option to
> manually choose packages, deselecting all other options on the list,
> aptitude loads with no packages selected, and I'm not sure what
> packages I need to choose to have a working, basic desktop system.
So you got problems in 2nd stage with 2.6 packages downloading.
Did you use a mirror listed in [1]?
It's not necessarily a problem on your side.
It could also be an archive problem (perhaps a missing package), but I didn't
hear anything like that on the lists.
Could you check your /var/log/* files for errors too?
[1] http://amd64.debian.net/README.mirrors.html
Bye
Christian
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