From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rwcrmhc51.attbi.com ([204.127.198.38]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1932tf-0007PX-00 for ; Tue, 08 Apr 2003 19:52:59 -0400 Received: from oemcomputer (h00062578627a.ne.client2.attbi.com[24.62.33.26]) by rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51) with SMTP id <2003040823522505100405e5e>; Tue, 8 Apr 2003 23:52:25 +0000 Message-ID: <000901c2fe41$99811c60$6701a8c0@ne2.client2.attbi.com> From: "Igor Gueths" To: References: <000a01c2fd5b$8bce4e80$6701a8c0@ne2.client2.attbi.com> <20030408225919.GC4465@potpal> Subject: Re: another problem Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 19:41:59 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Kenny. Well it appears that 1 or more of these floppies is bad, so I am going to have to have someone burn the basedebs.tar to a cd so I can try installing again. The last 2 times I tried floppies, debootstrap returned an exit(1); This was after my hard disk made some not-too-promising buzzing type noises. I heard that mixed in with regular disk access noise. However, the very first time I tried the floppies, it seemed to hang when it was "installing base packages." So I rebooted and have gotten some kind of error the last 2 times i tried. I don't think this is related to any file being coppied, because in theory everything should be overwritten. One thing I did discover however. The last 2 times I coppied from floppies, I didn't find a basedebs.tar in /target where its suppposed to be. I believe this constitutes a disk failure as I have suspected all along? Meaning, when all of this started aboug 2 days ago. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenny Hitt" To: Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 3:59 PM Subject: Re: another problem > Hi. Yes, the Woody CD's contain the base files. They are also already > broken up into 1.4 meg chuncks. Look for a directory called > images-1.44 > > Just dd or rawrite the files to 1.4 meg floppies. > > I posted a reply to your other message but messed up and didn't delete > quotes so it didn't get through. > > Basically I suggested you should make sure your /etc/lilo.conf file on > the target system is ok after you install the base files because the > base file installation might overwrite it. > Also, since you are booting from a rescue disk, you shouldn't need the > su command. > > Hope I've helped and good luck. > > Kenny > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup