At Wed, 03 Jan 2001 10:48:17 -0600, Jon Pennington wrote: > > "Holp, John Mr." wrote: > > [...] > > The system then attempts to extract and then comes up with "File > > error!" > > > > There was a problem extracting the Base System from > > /instmnt/debian/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/current/base2_1.tgz > > Sounds like a bad CD. If you have high-speed network access, I'd advise > using http instead of CD, or getting a different CD.
One little addition, if I may: You don't really want to install version 2.1 anyway, if you can help it(*). It is about 1.5 versions behind the current development. Besides installing Debian 2.2 is actually a bit easier than installing 2.1. If you can wait 3 to 4 days, a 3 CD set is about $6 at cheapbytes.com. j
