I'm trying to install Debian 3.0 on my system but I cannot install the base system.
The installation procedure stops with an error: "failure while configuring base packages". This error is repeated 5 times. After that I get another error: "debootstrap has exited with an error (return value 1)" After this error let the system write a report file to my disk. The following line failed: "/usr/sbin/debootstrap --boot-floppies --arch i386 sid /target file:/instmnt" Then I removed the file awk and I tried to run this line manually. Everything is going fine until the system tries to install the following packages: "aptitude" and "lilo" I've had some problems with my MBR a few times before, so I write my hard disk empty with Zeros (with the dos-app Wipe from IBM). After that I still have the same problem, I cannot configure the Base System. I've already tried to use another kernel, like 2.2.10 and 2.4, and I disabled some options in my bios (Like anti-vir and shadowing) that can cause problems, but nothing helps. I've installed an old version (7.1) of the slackware release on my system and that just work fine, but I want to run Debian. Here is some detailed information about my system: ----- CPU: Intel Pentium III EB 600 @ 630, 140 Mhz FSB (I've already tried to install at 600 MHz) Mem: 512 MB SDRAM 133 MHz Video: ATI Radeon 32 MB DDR 166 @ 183 MHz. AGP 4x Sound: Creative Sound Blaster Live! 1024 Input: ps/2 keyboard and mouse Mainboard: Chaintec 6ATA4, Via 649x northbridge, 686A soutbridge, Bios: 14/05/2001 Harddisks and IDE devices: hda: Seagate ST313021A 3.03 13 GB (this is the one where I want to install Linux) hdb: Seagate ST330630A 3.21 30 GB (some Windows FAT32 LBA partitions) hda partition table: hda1: 10 GB Linux Ext2 or Ext3, primary (I already tried to make this partition < 8GB) hda2: 2,5 GB Linux Ext2 or Ext3, primary hda3: 400 MB Linux Swap, primary ---- I really hope somebody can help me with this problem... Stephan Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
