Shanta McBain wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> Here is the problem I have been trying to install Debian from a set of
> floppies. Things go well until disk 5 is done and it try's to decompress
> the final file for install. It gives and error that it cant install the
> file and goes to the next step. I then reboot the system. It will go
> through a hole series of incremental segmentation faults to 33 ending
> with
> /etc/fstab: no such file or dir.
> fsck failed Please repair manually
>
> Control-d will exit this shell and continue system start up
>
> give root password for maintenance (or type control-d for normal
> startup):
>
> Control-d takes one back to the same point.
>
> Password
>
> rm: /root.bush_profile: Read-only file system
> mv: replace '/root/.bush_profile' , overriding mode 0755?
> y takes one
>
> asks to change password
>
> cannot lock the password file; try again later
> passwrd[47]: can't lock password file.
>
> locked into change password
>
> What now?????
>
> I have tried fdisking the disk but it will not remove the partions. to
> start again.
> drive has dos and extended dos (Linux). What is worng here?
>
> Thanks for your time
> Shanta
>
Sounds like that disk 5 was bad. Use another disk and rebuild
(rawrite2)
disk 5 and try the install from the beginning. As the docs say, most
install problems stem from bad disks.
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Ed
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