unable to install woody - template/apt/dpkg errors

[mark <mark@extension2.freeserve.co.uk>]

Hi,
    I ve spent the past week donwloading 1-3 woody iso's and trying to
    install on a fresh system and iam unable to, everything goes fine
    untill it comes to actually installing the packages (it lists all
    the packages and prompts you to say Y/N to installing them), ive
    tried several differnent ways (from only scanning 1 cd, to selecting
    different packages using the simple method) and every time i get the
    following error after apt-get scans the packages for installation:

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    82% - (scanning packages) Template parse error near "" at
    /usr/lib/Perl5/Debian/Debconf/Template.pm line60 <Templates> chunk 3

    E: sub-process /usr/sbin/dpkg -preconfigure --apt returned error
    code (29)

    E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/dkpg --preconfigure --apt
    --------------

    Iam at my wits end trying to get it to install,ive tried 10 times
    now and everytime the same error,
    iam not sure if the percentage differes at all.
    But if i say 'Y' to get apt-get to try again, it also fails, so if i
    say 'NO' iam returned to the login screen (with just the very bare
    bones system and nothing really installed, so i cannot even use
    apt-get, then again it would mean installing the whole system, as
    nothing really got istalled).

    Any help would be really appresiated

            Cheers
                Mark


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