On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 08:32:33PM +0200, Ariel Tankus wrote: > Since I have the /dev/hda4 unchanged, I just checked what's going on there > right now (following the installation attempt my original message referred > to). > > retina:/mnt/var/cache/apt/archives# ls -l > total 896 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69374 Jan 12 19:10 adduser_3.45_all.deb > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 172562 Jan 12 19:11 >apt-utils_0.5.4_i386.deb-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 614918 Jan 12 19:10 >apt_0.5.4_i386.deb > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37472 Jan 12 19:12 at_3.1.8-10_i386.deb > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 12 19:16 base-config_1.33.7_all.deb > > The first 3 files are identical to images I downloaded from the ftp site > manually. > The at_3.1.8-10_i386.deb has exactly the same size as the Packages file > specified (a Packages file I just downloaded). However, I checked 3 ftp > sites, but they had no ``at'' for i386 at their pools! > I check ftp.tau.ac.il, ftp.uk.debian.org and sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch . > (I have problems with ftp.debian.org so I couldn't check it; > I get a ``Use PASV instead'' message (or sth like that) at the first ``dir'' > command I give, and it gets stuck). > > Is there any problem with the ``at'' package at the pool for i386? > > Regarding the base-config, the archives do have it, so it was probably not > downloaded at all (zero size file created on /dev/hda4). > > > > > > 6. I manually erased the two files I just mentioned, returned to the > > > installation system, and tried once again the base system installation. > > > And the 3rd surprise: ``Malformed Release file''. > > > I never got this message in the various downloading attempts I had, > > > but I got it only after *erased* the two files! > > > > That's strange. So it seems that debootstrap is somehow unable to re- > > download the files after they have been erased. > > Maybe it is a pool problem with the at package??? > > > > > Was there anything on the Alt-F4 virtual console? > > Didn't check that :(
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