Re: Woody install infinite loop
On Monday 06 May 2002 2:13 am, Colin Watson wrote:
> 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.
How recently did unstable get fixed? I tried a sid install from a jigdo
image last week and couldn't get past this. In the end I booted from a
potato install disk and when it asked for the additional CDs I put in the
unstable ones. Did the job nicely, but I did like what I saw of the new
installer.
Regards, Martin
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