package installation halts

2002-11-01 Thread Dave Stinchcombe
anyone offer advice? Am I not doing something really abvious? Yours Dave Stinchcombe  Unlimited Internet access -- and 2 months free!  Try MSN. Click Here -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

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] > subject: Re: package installation halts >

apt/dpkg bug problem

2002-11-03 Thread dave . stinchcombe
apt version 0.5.4 i386 dpkg version 1.9.21 kernel 2.2.20-idepci#1 libc-2.2.5-so Machine: Cpu Intel Celeron 1.7Ghz; Motherboard Columbia; Ram 256MB. Hi, Forgive my newbie problems (I did install debian some six years ago, but havn't needed to do anything to it, so I'm a newbie again). I seem to

Re: apt/dpkg bug problem

2002-11-03 Thread dave . stinchcombe
> from:Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > date:Sun, 03 Nov 2002 13:39:04 > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > subject: Re: apt/dpkg bug problem > > On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 01:12:19PM , > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > apt version 0.5.4 i386 dpkg version 1.9.21 kernel 2.2.20-idepci#1 > > lib