An addendum to my 2 previous posts. I can go all the way through setup: partitioning OK, loading devices OK, installs and configures base system OK. I chose not to configure PCMCIA support this time, and I've stopped getting the "problem extracting Base System from /target/base2_1.tgz" error message.
It's still, however, freezing up when starting LILO. It just displays "LI" and nothing else. I thought I might try the TECRA disk, but from what I've read, that doesn't seem to be necessary with slink and above. I can boot from the boot disk (takes a long time, though). Any suggestions as to how to boot from hard disk? Thanks again Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Morgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 1:08 PM > To: Debian User Group > Subject: RE: trouble installing debian (any version) > > > I've now tried it again with a completely different set of slink > disks with > the same results "problem extracting Base System from /target/base2_1.tgz" > > Is it possible that it doesn't have enough swap space to extract? > I created > a 50 meg swap file during setup. Maybe this doesn't apply. I'm not sure. > > Brian Morgan > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brian Morgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 12:17 PM > > To: Debian User Group > > Subject: trouble installing debian (any version) > > > > > > I'm having trouble installing debian on my p75 generic brand > > laptop (trying > > slink and potato). I have gone through setup, installed > drivers and base > > system, but it gives an error: > > > > "There was a problem extracting the Base System from > > /target/base2_1.tgz" at > > the end of installation. When I reboot, it seems to freeze on LILO. > > > > Is there something I'm doing wrong? Could it be a bad disk in > the mix of > > things? It doesn't seem to report any bad disks, but who knows? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Brian Morgan > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
