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

[Tom Allison <tallison@tacocat.net>]

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Joey Hess wrote:
>
> > debian-user is not the right lists for questions about the new debian
> > installer. Forwarding to debian-boot.
> >
> > It seems to me that you are trying to use the debian-installer with the
> > Debian 3.0 (woody) CDs. The debian-installer is targeted at the next
> > release of debian (sarge), and probably will not work with the woody
> > CDs. I'm left wondering how you booted it -- from floppy? -- since it is
> > not on the woody CDs you downloaded.
> >
> > I suggest that if you want to use the debian installer, you go to
> > http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ , read the
> > INSTALLATION-HOWTO there, 
>
>
> gets:
>
> Not Found
> The requested URL /debian-installer/doc/INSTALLATION-HOWTO was not found 
> on this server.
>
> Apache/1.3.26 Server at gluck.debian.org Port 80
>
> because gluck is still down (I guess). So those of us anxious to try it 
> will have to wait until gluck is back up.
> Trying my luck without gluck (oops) I got an unbootable system...
>
> Hugo.

gluck is being fixed.  It appears to be one of the last ones to come up 
from last week.

I might be more up than down by now.  If not now, try again in another 
day or two.