Re: Woody install infinite loop
On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 08:51:19PM -0400, Neal Lippman wrote:
> The install proceeds as expected until I get to the point of
> specifying the system time. The HW clock is NOT set to GMT, so I
> select NO for that option. I give my locality as US; Eastern. I then
> create a root account/password and a user account for myself. After I
> do that, the install loops back to ask me again if the HW clock is set
> to GMT. From that point on, nothing I do breaks this loop, and all of
> the above steps just keep on cycling. I have tried the install twice,
> restarting from the very beginning and reformatting all drive
> partitions to ensure there isn't any residual data from a prior
> install that could mess things up; same result each time.
Yes, this is a known bug in base-config. A fix is in unstable and is
going to be pushed into woody before the release.
Cheers,
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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