Re: Base Installation problems.
It didnt work :-(
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Linford <7DeadlySins@oblique.freeserve.co.uk>
To: Assad Khan <razor@iqsystems.net>
Date: Thursday, April 08, 1999 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: Base Installation problems.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Assad Khan <razor@iqsystems.net>
>>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
>>Date: 08 April 1999 17:34
>>Subject: Base Installation problems.
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>>Hello. I just got Debian 2.1 with the official cds. In the installation
>>when it asks for the path to base2_1.tgz, even though it is there, it
>says
>there is a file error and it cant extract
>>/instmnt/debian/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/2.1.8-1999-02->22/base2_1.tgz.
>I don't know how to fix it, or whats wrong.>
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>>-Assad Khan
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>Assad,
> I'm not an expert on Linux, but there is one solution I
have
>which will work. Copy your files to a DOS16 (MS-DOS or equivalent)
>partition on your hard disk. Delete the corrupt file, and replace it with
>the same file downloaded from any FTP site which mirrors slink. You can
>then install it from your DOS partition. I'[m suggesting this because it
>sounds like the file on your CD is corrupt. If you have used these CD's
for
>an install before and have had no problems, then this solution will not
>work. From your mail though, it sounds like these are new CD's.
> There are a few How-to's which cover the specifics on this. I'm not
>sure of any exact URL's, but a quick trip to Debian.org will point you to
>the right place. Either that, or they will be on your CD's.
>
>Adam
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