Re: debian sucks aka i cant get it to install
On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 02:02, Ian L wrote:
> I'm glad debian isnt my first introduction to linux because if it were, i'd
> be running back to windows.
>
> Right now trying the testing network install
>
> I've tried installing it several times now and i cant get anywhere with
> it Lilo never seems to install, nor does grub. It either does nothing, or
> does something too quick for me to see what its doing and then just puts me
> back where i was. Selecting the 'finish install and reboot' option just
> puts me back at the lilo setup screen or does the base install and fails
> with the debootstrap errors below.
>
> Several times i've gotten a debootstrap error because awk was already there
> (booted into the shell and deleted awk to get past that problem). I've
> also gotten debootstrap error return value 127. When i get that error and
> look in the debootstrap log file, it says error were encountered while
> processing:
> libopencdk8
> libgnutils7
> exim4-daemon-light
> mailx
> at
> exim4
> /usr/sbin/debootstrap: 1: sleep: not found
>
> Can anyone point me to some resources that give you a good guide on how to
> install debian? I'm familiar with linux through redhat, but this is the
> first time i'm playing around with debian. I'd REALLY appreciate some help
> getting this working.
>
> Ian
>
>
Oh? You can't do a simple install? I did a network install from floppies
2 days after coming out of the hospital after an operation and taking
strong pain killers. That system has been rebooted 3 times since march
2003 for kernel upgrades :P
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