Re: Can't Get Past "Install the Base System"

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Dave L. Thompson wrote:
> I am a newbie Debian installer, and I’m installing Debian on a Dell PC 
> with the seven CD’s I downloaded from the Debian site.  I have been 
> unable to get past the “Install the Base System” portion.  I’ve 
> confirmed that dists/woody/main/binary-i386/Release is present on the 
> installation CD, but anytime I try to use it, I get the following error:
>
>  
>
> “The installation program couldn’t find any directory containing a file 
> basedebs.tar or dists/woody/main/binary-i386/Release.”

You might try installing from one of the other CDs; perhaps the one you 
have has a glitch. I believe the base install is on several of the CDs 
(although since I usually install from the network, I'm not sure of 
that.) (Or, if you've changed CDs during the install for any reason, go 
back to the original.)

--
Kent