Re: Woody Install Error
On 16 Oct, this message from Matthew Daubenspeck echoed through cyberspace:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 09:12:03PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 11:26:12PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
>> > On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 19:33, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote:
>> >
>> > > ?
>> >
>> > Well, that's about my reaction at this point too :) If it works on
>> > other machines, I don't know why it would fail on one in particular.
>>
>> Is it possible that you are running out of space on the partition
>> during the install? I think I've seen those type errors in that
>> situation.
>
> It is a 9.3GB drive with the standard Apple boot partitions, a 256MB
> swap, and the rest for root.
>
> I already have debian (woody upgraded to sarge) on an IDENTICAL G4 and
> the install went flawlessly.
Try moving the disk out of that box to the new one, and see if it runs.
Also try the reverse: move the 'new' disk to the already-installed
machine and try to install on it in _that_ hardware.
> I tried this new machine, and one more identical to it as well and I
> get this same result. Like I said, I have installed debian for servers
> and desktops far too many times to count, but this one stumps the hell
> out of me... I tried replacing the hard drive with no result. I tried
> multiple mirros, all based in the US. Same.
Since you veryfied MD5 sums, chances are pretty low the CD's are
corrupted.... That would mean something goes wrong _within_ your new
box. Now what would cause garbage to be read from CD?
Can you elaborate on what CD drive you're using? If IDE, can you try it
with a different cable and on a different IDE bus? Does the installer's
shell have 'md5sum', so you could verify the MD5 from within the
installer? Or, from the other machine's disk in this box, if that works
out...
Cheers
Michel
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