Re: woody install loops after asking for password
> Hello,
>
> I tried to install woody via the net. I downloaded the compact-boot and
> compact-root 1.44MB floppies, version 3.0.22-2002-04-03, bootet the
machine
> and installed everything else from the net (using ftp.de.debian.org as a
> mirror).
>
> Everything works fine until the newly booted system asks for timezone and
> password settings. After the last password-related question ("create
normal
> user account?"), it loops back to the first question ("is the system clock
> set to GMT?"). This repeats endless.
>
> I have this behaviour on two different machines, both using english and
> german as the language for the installation process.
>
> It seems that /sr/sbin/base-config is running the different config
scripts,
> and starting wirh 25pcmcia, they fail and return with error code 10,
because
> db_get fails somehow - I could ot trace this further because I do not know
> how this database mechanism is supposed to work.
I had the same problem, drew the same conclusions as you did, and decided to
visit #debian@openprojects.net, where I found this link:
http://wiki.debian.net/DebianWiki/DebianWiki/WoodyNetinstBaseconfigLoop
It worked for me, I have advanced further in the install process (still not
finished, though)
Hope this helps,
Matthijs
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