Problem installting Debian 3.0 Woody via NFS Packages.gz corupt
Hi all,
I am trying to install Woody via NFS .
I the content of all CDs into on directory and exported it as an NFS-share.
As I read on the internet I did an
dpkg-scanpackages pool/main /dev/null |gzip >
dists/woody/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz
for pool/main,pool/non-US/main etc... from the main dir of the share.
( I tried also gzip with options -c or -9c and tried to gzip the file
manually leaving out the pipe to gzip ---> same problem)
Then I used the woody cd1 to boot the client and start an installation
over nfs (after having configured the network. I tried with and without
DHCP)
The Kernel is loaded but when the Base-system is installing
after I selected /instmnt where the share is mounted as installation
source I get an error message
/instmnt/dists/woody/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz was corrupt"
I tried to do the dpkg-scanpackages on a SuSE8.2 Professional (I must
admit) and the Share is also on a SuSE8.2 Professional machine.
When I compare the gunziped file to one I did with "credative Linux on
CD" (something like knoppix but build of woody only) all information
seems to be identical but the order is different (e.g. md5sum and
installed-size and vice-versa). The original CD1 has got a different
order but the same info per Package. So I am not sure if the order is
the problem.
When I change the nfs-share to the contents of CD1 which I also copied
to a separate dir (which means the content of CD1 is used) the
installation works properly.So it does not look like a Problem with SuSE
or NFS.
I spent almost two days searching groups etc. All I can do now is cry
for help ;-(
I can't see what's wrong.
Any suggestions ??
Thanks in advance
Christoph
Note: I am not sure if this is the right newsgroup for the problem but I
hope so. If not -sorry- . I will post it to some other groups as well as
I am going slightly mad :-(
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