You are partly right. There could be bugs in the base installation problem. I had a similar problem trying to install the stable 2.0.27 kernal. I was getting command errors related to my hard drive. Linux could not get past the partition check. I thought it was the hardware that I was using, it turned out that the hard drive was trying to read the information before the install program had finished what it had to do with the hard drive. I hope this does not confuse you. Don't assume that it is the debian distribution's fault. Paul
On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Leon Castellanos wrote: > Ok I downloaded BO to see if I could contribute to the debian effort by > testing the packages and reporting bugs, but to my surprise it is so BETA > that I cannot even install it. I understand that debian is a volunteer > effort and that what ppl do for debian is out of their own free will. > Concerning the UNSTABLE release it is understood that there ARE bugs in the > packages, but that does not mean that they should NOT, at least work! does > it? I would imagine that if you maintain a package, you should at least > test it yourself, and more importantly if its related to the main > installation process (as with current problems with dinstall). Alot of > people may not know enough about coding, script, debugging to go into the > installation script and check/fix the problems that it has, but they may be > able to test packages and report bugs; of course they can't do that if they > can't get through the BASE installation :/ > > I am NOT flaming or judging the intentions of the maintainer of dinstall, > but I am a little disapointed because the problem that I have with the > script is not something that is non-relevant to the overall installation, > it is the part of the script that extracts the BASE system from floppy > disks (needless to say this is a VITAL part); because of a simple variable > it does not access the floppy drive device and cannot install. Now this is > not a BIG or complicated problem to fix, but what it DOES mean, is that the > maintainer DID NOT test the script prior to packaging or else he would have > found the problem. It is not a one time occurance; it happens every single > time. > > Once again my apologies if I offend anyone, specially the maintainer of > dinstall. > If you find this e-mail offensive please ignore it and > /dev/null or if > that doesn't satisfy you please email bomb me or something :) > > I love all ya ppl working on Debian! I think that it represents, to THE > BEST degree, what LINUX is all about. PLEASE keep up the good work :-) > > Leon Castellanos > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
