Bug#336353: installation problem

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Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: 
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/amd64/current/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso
got it 29 Oct 2005, about 4am UTC
uname -a: <The result of running uname -a on a shell prompt>
Date: 29 Oct 2005, about 6am UTC
Method: installed of cd from a dvd-rom drive (/dev/hdc)

Machine: Custom machine
Processor: amd athlon64 3200+ (2000MHz)
Memory: 1GB (2*512MB DDR400 OCZ 'Platinum')
Root Device: WesternDigital Raptor 74GB S-ATA (as scsi-device?)
Root Size/partition table: automatic partition scheme: about 71GB for /, 3GB 
for Swap (not that it makes sense, but i wanted to pass one install before 
experimenting)
Output of lspci and lspci -n:

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot worked:    [o]
Configure network HW:   [o]
Config network:         [o]
Detect CD:              [o]
Load installer modules: [o]
Detect hard drives:     [o]
Partition hard drives:  [o]
Create file systems:    [o]
Mount partitions:       [o]
Install base system:    [e]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Reboot:                 [ ]

Comments/Problems:

tried both expert and linux mode when booting into installation, result was 
the same:
when installing base system, i got the message
"debootstrap exited with error(return value 1)"
this happend while working on "base-files".