Re: Can't extract base2_1.tgz no matter what [solved]

2000-03-28 Thread Josh Kuperman
Apparently my problem was either one of these two things - I've no idea which: 1. I had somehow put the resc1440.bin image onto a floppy with some sort of physical defect which was not detected anywhere in the creation or install process. A more meaningful error message, other than simply that the

Re: Can't extract base2_1.tgz no matter what

2000-03-26 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 09:47:43PM -0500, Josh Kuperman wrote: > So the question is what are the minimum/maximum sizes for a > partition. I can't imaging 240M being too small for root. Is it? I had > a 3GB partition for /usr which I tried to set under 2G but the disk > partitioning software resulte

Re: Can't extract base2_1.tgz no matter what

2000-03-26 Thread Josh Kuperman
On Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 03:16:48PM -0800, Eric G . Miller wrote: > On Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 06:02:35PM -0500, Josh Kuperman wrote: > > 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 ma

Re: Can't extract base2_1.tgz no matter what

2000-03-25 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 06:02:35PM -0500, Josh Kuperman wrote: > 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

Can't extract base2_1.tgz no matter what

2000-03-25 Thread Josh Kuperman
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 tri