Package: boot-floppies
Version: 3.0.19-2002-02-07
Severity: important
Installing the base system, when choosing the CD-ROM media, after the
"insert CD" dialog message, the next dialog asks for the path to the
archives. The string field is pre-filled with /instmnt. If you simply
accept this "default" value, the next dialog says "The supplied directory
/instmnt does not exist. Please enter a new one." and returns to the
former dialog. The brouse button also declares /instmnt to be
non-existant.
Removing the default value allows browsing the drive. Choosing dists/woody
moves the process on to the dialog "Select Debian Archive Path" which
provides two options: list and manually. Choosing "list" provides yet
another dialog that says: Please select the directory that you will use to
install the Base system from. The only selection option provided is
/instmnt! If you accept this option, you get an important note suggesting
boot floppies testers should use woody and not sid. Press continue and yet
another dialog appears called "Select a Distribution", and offers testing
and unstable. Choosing testing first looks for the Releases file, and then
the Packages.gz file, which it then declares to be corrupt. Pressing
<Continue> produces another dialog that says it is retrieving the Packages
file.
The five dialogs after "insert CD" are not needed, and only confuse the
user. There is no reason why the install script can't find the required
path and target items without any interrogation of the user.
While I understand that things are still in the testing phase, why must
the installation process support multiple distributions? Aren't we
attempting to release Woody?
I don't know at this point whether the reported corruption of the
Packages.gz file is a true report, or a failure of the installer. The
process seems to continue, however I get warning messages:
adduser_3.45_all.deb was corrupt
Followed by the error message:
Couldn't download adduser.
and then returns me to the main menu with the option "Install the Base
System".
That's all the information I have at this point. If there is anything I
can trap or otherwise investigate, feel free to ask ... nicely please.
Luck,
Dwarf
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