Re: Can't extract base2_1.tgz no matter what
On Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 06:02:35PM -0500, Josh Kuperman wrote:
> I have a Dell Dimension XPS 466, with 64M of RAM and two old SCSI
> disks. I have tried downloading CD-images from ftp.eecs.umich.edu and
> using the cd-image making program. After that failed I decided that
> there was a problem with the images or my CD writer so I purchase the
> current CDs for Slink from LinuxMall.
>
> In ALL cases, regardless of the source the outcome was the same. I
> would created the floppy image from resc1440.bin with raw_write2. I
> would start the process at the boot prompt with "linux
> aha152x=0x340,11,7". I would go through installing and everything
> would work until I got to the step "Install the base system". In all
> cases this would end with the error message: "There was a problem
> extracting the Base System from
> /instmnt/debian/dists/slink/main/disk_i386/2.1.8-1999-02-22/base2_1.tgz
> I have no idea what is going on.
I ran in to a similar problem installing Potato from floppies. It turned
out I hadn't made my / partition large enough. Since you have two disks,
make the root partition fairly large on one of the disks. It'll be easy
enough to move the partitions around with cp, tar or cpio after you get
the base system installed.
> The install program appears to have no trouble with the CD. I have
> managed to install an old version previously (but I couldn't find
> dhcpcd on the old hamm cd and I figured I'd be better off with the
> current CD set anyhow.)
>
> I have absolutely no ideas. If it couldn't access the CD or extract
> files I should have had a problem long before I got to that step. All
> the earlier initializations, installing the kernel and system modules
> worked. (Is there a way to tell the install program to mount two CDs -
> I have two CD drives on the SCSI chain - but that is another issue.)
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