On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 09:14:53AM -0500, Avdi B. Grimm wrote: > Hi folks, maybe someone can help me with this. Although I've been > running Debian testing/unstable for many months now on what was > originally a Progeny box, this is the first time I've done a plain > vanilla Debian install. I'm trying to install Debian 3 on a Pentium > 200 w/48MB RAM and a ~600MB HD (pathetic, I know). I've successfully > booted with the "compact" floppy set, allocated system and swap > partitions, and gotten through the network setup section. My problem > comes when I try to do the "base system install". I'm using the > network install method. It successfully downloads all packages, and > then as soon as it's finished downloading, pops up a message box > reading "dbootstrap exited with an error (exit status 1)". (That may > not be verbatim, but it's close). I've looked at the log available on > the third virtual terminal, and at /var/log/messages, but it doesn't > have any more information. There's an entry for dbootstrap starting, > and then the error message.
Maybe you have corrupt packages? Try comparing md5sums that you gereate locally with the ones stored on the Debian mirrors. Have you searched the debian-user archive? Google? Checked if there is a bug against debootstrap (bugs.debian.org/packagename)? -rob
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