I am trying to install debian. I have previously installed RedHat on other machines and found it much easier to install. (I'm trying to work out something for public libraries to show how to set up a proxy-server.)
I have a Dell Dimension XPS 466, with 64M of RAM and two old SCSI disks. I have tried downloading CD-images from ftp.eecs.umich.edu and using the cd-image making program. After that failed I decided that there was a problem with the images or my CD writer so I purchase the current CDs for Slink from LinuxMall. In ALL cases, regardless of the source the outcome was the same. I would created the floppy image from resc1440.bin with raw_write2. I would start the process at the boot prompt with "linux aha152x=0x340,11,7". I would go through installing and everything would work until I got to the step "Install the base system". In all cases this would end with the error message: "There was a problem extracting the Base System from /instmnt/debian/dists/slink/main/disk_i386/2.1.8-1999-02-22/base2_1.tgz I have no idea what is going on. The install program appears to have no trouble with the CD. I have managed to install an old version previously (but I couldn't find dhcpcd on the old hamm cd and I figured I'd be better off with the current CD set anyhow.) I have absolutely no ideas. If it couldn't access the CD or extract files I should have had a problem long before I got to that step. All the earlier initializations, installing the kernel and system modules worked. (Is there a way to tell the install program to mount two CDs - I have two CD drives on the SCSI chain - but that is another issue.) -- Josh Kuperman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
