Re: 2.0 installation
I think you selected 'Previously mounted partition' when it asked for
the base files. Select another harddisk partition, select the
partition and then the directory. I feel that the installation
unmounts a partition after it uses it.
Regards,
Vaidhy
> I am trying to install Debian for the first time on my PC, and
everything
> seems straightforward enough. Using the instructions for installing
> version 2.0, I wrote the rescue floppy and downloaded via web
browser the
> files necessary for installation from DOS partition on a harddisk.
During
> the installation of the base system, though, an error message pops up:
>
> "No directory containing base1_3.tgz below /instmnt"
>
> It is my understanding that /instmnt is the linux directory for
> installation, and that the harddisk installation fetches the files I
> copied to my DOS directory named tempinst. Should I also place a
copy of
> base1_3.tgz in this directory, in addition to the base2_0.tgz that I
> already have?
>
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