claiming to be Karsten M. Self, <kmself@ix.netcom.com> said: > You're apparently having problems with a program or system configuration > issue, but you've provided far from enough information to be able to > adequately address or resolve the issue. My bad =P
> Please note that you are the person in the best position to know what > you're trying to do, what you've done, how the system's responded, and > generally how it's configured. It's very helpful if you can post: > > - *Exact* commands or steps tried. > - *Exact* error output or log messages. I first had a dselect problem, which I won't go into because it is no longer a problem (I resolved it by reformatting =D). My current problem is as follows. I downloaded the 3.0.17 disk set (rescue, root and 4 driver disks). There is no problem with the disks - I can get all the drivers etc installed. The problem is when I try to install the base. I first attempted to do this from my local Debian mirror, ftp://debian.paradise.net.nz/debian. Every time I tried, I got an error saying "Malformed release file." Thinking the mirror was broken, I tried the default of ftp://http.us.debian.org. I got the same error. I still had my potato base disks (2.2_r3) lying around, so I thought "might as well try them." It asked for all 11 disks, extracted the base from /target/basedebs.tgz, then gave the same error about "Malformed release file." This is where I am stumped =[ > Often, entering the error messages into a good search engine such as > Google (http://www.google.com/) will help set you on the road to > resolving your problems. I tried this and all I found was someone with the same problem who resolved it by installing unstable instead of testing. I would quite like to use testing instead of unstable though. Sorry, I guess I should have explained myself a bit better to start with =] Michael
