another problem

another problem

[Igor Gueths]

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Hi. I am still working on getting this box up. Only to discover that I can't run chroot, I get the same errors with libc6. Does anyone know if the latest Debian-binary1 Cd contains a base tgz package? I know the potato disks do, but I am not sure about the woody disks. I checked ftp.us.debian.org and found a file called basedebs.tar, but that wouldn't do any good because any package will install to /usr/xxx and I can't get chroot to run properly, therefore not making /target the root of the filesystem. 

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Re: another problem

[Kenny Hitt]

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
	  

Re: another problem

[Igor Gueths]

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" <kennyhitt@knology.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
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
>
>
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