Re: Is unstable really _this_ unstable?????
from what i read potato's disks are still needing improvement, i suggest
installing slink and doing an apt-get dist upgrade
nate
On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, Stan Brown wrote:
stanb > First forgive my frustration, it's been a _long_ painful weekend trying
stanb > to install unstable on a newly upgraded computer :-(
stanb >
stanb > In any case, I seem to be having serious problesm with the lates
stanb > unstable disks. I could not get the base system installed using the
stanb > menu, because it kep failing during the gunzip | tar -xf stage of the
stanb > base2_t.tgz step.
stanb >
stanb > Finally tarced this down to gunzip failing. So i gunziped base2_2.tga
stanb > to base2_2.tar on another machien. mounted it's disk, and did the
stanb > following:
stanb >
stanb > cd /target
stanb > tar -xf /installmount/base2_2.tar
stanb >
stanb > That got me installed. The after fighting with LILO for a whiel, and
stanb > discovering a missing allias in /etc/modutils/alliases for my ne200
stanb > card, I though "Whew, at least i can now turn dselect loose, and sit
stanb > back for a while" WRONG!!
stanb >
stanb > dselect is unable to gunzip the packages files! The gzip I have on my
stanb > syste is brok! OK, I think I'll just garb the gzip package of the ftp
stanb > site, and use dpks -i to install it. WRONG! dpkg core dumps, probably
stanb > because it's trying to gunzip somethin, I geuss.
stanb >
stanb > Can some kind soul PLEASE give me some advice on where to go fro here?
stanb >
stanb > OH BTW I had to ftp to the debain box, because the ftp that's on there
stanb > dies witha can't find libncurses.so.5 error!
stanb >
stanb > Iam _not_ having a good weekend!
stanb >
stanb >--
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stanb > useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and
stanb > a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
stanb > originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit
stanb > company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition.
stanb >-
stanb >(c) 1999 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
stanb >
stanb >
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