Re: package installation halts

2002-11-01 Thread dave . stinchcombe
Sorry Folks, I do apologise. It's the "Configure Locale" it halts at. Nothing to do with "locate" at all (if it exists). Sorry for the typo. Yours Dave > from:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > date:Fri, 01 Nov 2002 21:36:14 > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > su

package installation halts

2002-11-01 Thread dave . stinchcombe
Hi, I'm trying to install debian 3.0 with a DVD rom onto an Intel based pc. It's a dual boot machine with all the linux partitions inside an extended partition (except SWAP which is on it's own little partition). I've given /var plenty of space (about 4Gb), and so the installation has a fair bit

package installation halts

2002-11-01 Thread Dave Stinchcombe
Hi, I'm trying to install Debian 3.0 from DVD onto an Intel based PC. There seems to be no problem installing an operating system. However when  installing packages, using Task Installer, I make my selection (I've tried a handfull, and the results are the same) the machine starts to do some config