More Problems with SAMS Debian 2.1 and Dell Inspiron 7500
Hi
Next problem (ho hum) with:
SAMS Installing GNU/Linux book with the copy of Debian 2.1
Dell Inspiron PIII 650, 128mb ram, 18gb or so hard drive, dvd rom (cd
compatible), LS120
Okay managed to install rescue and driver image by using the install from
dos/harddrive and the tecra images. Now get as far as installing the base
system, but even though things appear to be happening (drive light going,
significant pause etc), the installer just goes back to the option to
install base system. If I try and force it past that point to Configure Base
System, I just get a message Base System not Installed! I've tried various
permutations of the different binary images, installing rescue/driver from
hard drive and base from CDRom and the same thing happens. Is it possible
the base archive is corrupt, is there a windows based program to process the
tgz file to see if its okay (I've got ZipMagic but it falls over every time
I try and open the tar file, but this could just be zip magic, so I'd like
confirmation using an alternate archive program).
(I'm getting close to buying a copy of Red Hat I must say!)
Any help appreciated, regards
Paul
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