On Fri, 18 Jul 1997, Mathieu Legrand wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to install Debian Linux 1.3.1. I already installed Debian 1.2 > and now I want to do a totally new installation. This new revision has a > really good installation system, but I have two problems: > > - first of all, a major problem. > /usr/sbin/update-rc.d doesn't work and then I don't have any /etc/rc?.d > directory... It failed around line 270 with the message: > "integer expression excepted" in the test: > if [ "$START_SORT_NO" -lt "$SORT_NO" ] > I found that $SORT_NO is egal to "-" when sh tries to do the test for > the first time. Does anyone else had this error? How to solve it?
No help here. Mine works :-( Well, maybe I can. The rc?.d directories are owned by sysvinit. Check to see if that package is installed correctly. (dpkg -s sysvinit). Or run dselect - it shows unconfigured packages at the top of the list. > - then, a cosmetic problem. > I want to have five partitions: / /tmp /var /usr /home > But I have to stop the installation and to make the partitions myself. > Can the installation problem do this automaticly? It's quite boring > to make it by hand. You will have to make the partitions yourself, but having made them you can mount them easily from within the installation menu. Lindsay -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .