It didnt work :-(
-----Original Message----- From: Adam Linford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Assad Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, April 08, 1999 1:08 PM Subject: Re: Base Installation problems. > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Assad Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org> >>Date: 08 April 1999 17:34 >>Subject: Base Installation problems. > > > >>Hello. I just got Debian 2.1 with the official cds. In the installation >>when it asks for the path to base2_1.tgz, even though it is there, it >says >there is a file error and it cant extract >>/instmnt/debian/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/2.1.8-1999-02->22/base2_1.tgz. >I don't know how to fix it, or whats wrong.> > > >>-Assad Khan > > >Assad, > I'm not an expert on Linux, but there is one solution I have >which will work. Copy your files to a DOS16 (MS-DOS or equivalent) >partition on your hard disk. Delete the corrupt file, and replace it with >the same file downloaded from any FTP site which mirrors slink. You can >then install it from your DOS partition. I'[m suggesting this because it >sounds like the file on your CD is corrupt. If you have used these CD's for >an install before and have had no problems, then this solution will not >work. From your mail though, it sounds like these are new CD's. > There are a few How-to's which cover the specifics on this. I'm not >sure of any exact URL's, but a quick trip to Debian.org will point you to >the right place. Either that, or they will be on your CD's. > >Adam > >
