package dependancies

[Josh Huber <huberj@WPI.EDU>]

I'm doing a fresh installation of debian, to clean up my system and try and get rid of some lingering package bugs, and I'm running into a problem early on.

I untarred base2_2.tgz onto a partition, rebooted, chose runlevel S to configure my system:
rm /sbin/unconfigured.sh
add /etc/init.d/network
add /etc/resolv.conf
add /etc/fstab
add /etc/apt/sources.list

I'm attempting to run dpkg --configure --pending, but I'm getting many failed dependancies...

here is the output from that command:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adduser:
 adduser depends on perl-base; however:
  Package perl-base is not installed.
 adduser depends on passwd (>= 961025); however:
  Package passwd is not installed.
dpkg: error processing adduser (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apt:
 apt depends on libstdc++2.9 (>= 2.91.63); however:
  Package libstdc++2.9 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing apt (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up libc6 (2.1.1-12.2) ...
Current default timezone: 'US/Eastern'.
   Local time is now:      Wed Dec 31 21:42:03 EST 1969.
   Universal Time is now:  Thu Jan  1 02:42:03 UTC 1970.
Run `tzconfig' if you wish to change it.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libc6.postinst: /usr/sbin/update-rc.d: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing libc6 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of base-files:
 base-files depends on awk; however:
  Package awk is not installed.
dpkg: error processing base-files (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ae:
 ae depends on libc6 (>= 2.1); however:
  Package libc6 is not configured yet.
 ae depends on slang1 (<< 1.3); however:
  Package slang1 is not installed.
 ae depends on slang1 (>> 1.2.2-0); however:
  Package slang1 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing ae (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of diff:
 diff depends on libc6 (>= 2.0.92); however:
  Package libc6 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing diff (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bash:
 bash depends on libc6 (>= 2.1); however:
  Package libc6 is not configured yet.
 bash depends on libncurses4 (>= 4.2-3.1); however:
  Package libncurses4 is not installed.
 bash depends on libreadlineg2 (>= 2.1-8); however:
  Package libreadlineg2 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing bash (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of debianutils:
 debianutils depends on libc6 (>= 2.0.93); however:
  Package libc6 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing debianutils (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bsdutils:
 bsdutils depends on libc6 (>= 2.1); however:
  Package libc6 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing bsdutils (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of base-passwd:
 base-passwd depends on libc6 (>= 2.0.92); however:
  Package libc6 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing base-passwd (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 adduser
 apt
 libc6
 base-files
 ae
 diff
 bash
 debianutils
 bsdutils
 base-passwd


Any ideas?

I must be missing something, as I think I'm doing it in the right order.

Josh