Re: woody network installation problem: "Can't download adduser"

[sharkey@superk.physics.sunysb.edu]

> On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 11:13:24AM +0200, Thomas Pircher wrote:
> > I want to install woody from scratch over the network. I have done the
> > following steps:
> > - downloaded disks-i386/current/images-1.44/idepci/rescue.bin 
> >          and disks-i386/current/images-1.44/idepci/root.bin
> > - putted them on floppies and rebooted.
> > - I selected installation over network; 'drivers.tgz' and 'Release' were
> >   downloaded from http.us.debian.org.
> > - But then the installation stops saying "adduser not found"
> > Have a suggestion? Thanks
> 
> Retrying has a moderate chance of working: http.us.debian.org refers to any
> of a bunch of machines, some of which seem to have a tendency to be out of
> date at any one time.

Huh?  He said "adduser" not "address".  If the adduser command isn't present
on the system, that has very little to do http.us.debian.org being down.

The last time I tried to use the woody boot floppies, I failed miserably.
Unless the current boot floppies are newer than last week, the easiest
way to install woody is still to install potato and then upgrade.

Eric