On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 08:11:56AM +0100, Richard Hirst wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 01:46:18AM -0600, Romel Sandoval wrote: > > I download the woody cd pre 5 and I have a problem during the base > > system configuration, this is after the installation system suggest me > > to reboot the machine: The time zone and password configuration have get > > in a loop and I cant go out of there. This happends with pre 3 too and > > with my two machines here. > > There was a bug in base-config, now fixed. Sounds like your CD has the > buggy version. Options are: get a newer CD, install from the net, or > check maillist archives for debian-cd and debian-boot for possible > workarounds (iirc there was some post describing how to install a newer > base-config before rebooting to stage 2). FWIW, I built CDs a few days ago from my woody mirror and the loop problem was gone. In fact, I encountered no serious problems during the install system that I can remember, only problems getting packages configured. (e.g. not loading the USB mouse driver so X wouldn't start, fun fun fun). SRH -- Steve Haslam http://www.arise.demon.co.uk/ araqnid@innocent.com Debian GNU/Linux Maintainer araqnid@debian.org Your heart has been ruptured and it will never heal To get another heart you'll have to steal [leæther strip]
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