RE: Debian CD Install Problems
I just ran across that too (with r1), but I'm at a loss to tell you
exactly how it occurred. At some point in my trying to fix problems, I
invoked the dialog you reference and obligingly gave the answers it
suggested. That's an error point. You should not be in that dialog.
While I am unable to successfully install the upgrade (a PreDepend
problem involving libc6), I found the release notes on the Debian web
site (also on volume 1 of the CD set) to be a helpful guide
I got out of the loop you describe by copying back the backup copy of
/etc and then proceeded back to my "regular" dead end following the
procedure in the release notes
My "official" cd set came from Micronix
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David
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul M Foster [mailto:paulf@quillandmouse.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 11:03 PM
To: Debian User
Subject: Debian CD Install Problems
I purchased the Debian 3.0r1 CDs from Cheapbytes recently, and have been
unable to install from them. I had a similar thing happen with the 3.0
CDs. Here's what happens:
Debian boots from the first CD, asks questions as usual, then asks for
all the CDs to scan them. It builds the list of packages and runs
dselect to allow me to choose which packages I want, which I do. At some
point it proceeds to pull the packages off the disk to install them,
which is where the trouble starts.
It doesn't automatically find where things are on the CD. Instead, it
asks me for the location of location of the top level "Packages-Master"
file. It reads the at the location I give it, and then tells me there
are no *.deb packages there. It then asks me where the *.deb files are.
Well, they're not in one location-- they're in subdirectories under the
pool subdirectory. When I give it that location, it continues to give me
problems.
I'm at a loss. The exact same thing happened with the Deb 3.0 disks, and
I can't imagine that Cheapbytes screwed up the burns the same way. There
is something about the way dselect is trying to find things-- somehow
the discs are not organized the way it thinks.
Surely someone's had this problem before and knows the answer. Help?!
Paul
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