On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 09:23:03PM +0530, Rituraj Buddhisagar wrote: > Hi all; > > > > I am fairly new to debian. I took a bold step of replacing my WinXP > office desktop with Debian Sarge. > > > > After initial install completes, it reboots. So far so good. > > > > I am getting problem in base-config when it asks for "package > selection". I selected different options like Desktop , file server etc > with different mirrors (with http as well as ftp) but it fails saying > something like cannot proceed "as the packages might have been broken, > or the system is out of space or u r having some other problem" etc etc. > I have 25GB FREE space.
Since it says: 'the packages might have been broken' I suspect a problem like I had on friday, especially since it happened at about the same time you had your problem. Sarge is still in a state of flux and packages are changing a lot. Even the installer is not finished yet. Of course, you know all this, right? The problem I ran into was that some package depended on another package which was not (yet) in the archive. So, the system was not installable. This was fixed and on saturday, I could install everything. So: you could simply try again! Of course, you can always run 'tasksel' as root to re-enter the package selection process by selecting tasks. If you want to select individual packages, use 'aptitude' (for a nice UI) or 'apt-get'. > H/W: Dell desktop Optiplex GX270 > > Method of installation Used: netboot from mini.iso Which one? Debian installer pre-rc2? A daily build? David > Base-config: ftp / http (tried both with different mirrors) > > > > Currently I am doing #apt-get install gnome to get GUI on my > workstation. Its downloading from ftp. Lets see. Do I have to install > anything else from apt-get to get my GUI running? I hope I can configure > other things afterwards through synaptic. > > > > Thanks and Regards; > > Rituraj -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
