I had the same problem trying a harddisk install of slink (from scratch). It kept giving me the file error (and the floppy install of the base didn't work well either). I just got a new version of base2_1.tgz from the ftp site, and it worked fine. See if you can do that, as that might be the easiest solution.
----- Original Message ----- From: Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Assad Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Friday, April 09, 1999 9:54 AM Subject: Re: Base Installation problems. > > "Assad Khan" wrote: > > > 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. > > Neither do I, but you are not alone. A friend failed to install > Debian 2.1 from my CD set last weekend with the same problem. I > only upgraded using the CD set, so didn't have a problem. > > I can successfully do: > > $ tar ztf /cdrom/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/2.1.8-1999-02-22/base2_1.tgz > > so I think the file is _not_ corrupt. > > (For what it's worth, I've had the _same_ problem once installing hamm!) > > Peter > -- > Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada > P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada. 418-775-0852 FAX: 775-0546 > 6623'rd GNU/Linux user at the Counter - http://counter.li.org/ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
