It's working now. I ran 'linux verbose debug' from the CD startup.
It asked me a few more questions, including where on the cd is the root of the debian mirror and happily found all the packages. I could probably run it again in normal mode without the verbose if anyone thinks it's worth testing. Regards, DaveN On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 09:10:06PM +1000 DaveN [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > > Thanks for your reply. > > > fbd648f7db424b89b2d9e903c47d67b5 >/var/cache/apt/archives/iptables_1.2.6a-5_i386.deb > > I've done a little more research and yes the checksums match. I checked > both the md5sum iyou gave and the one in the Packages file. The compressed > packages file is identical. > > > > Look on verbose messages at thirth and fourth console (alt-f3, alt-f4). > > There is nothing on Alt-f4 I can see, i'll go hunt for a way to make the > installer more verbose. > > Alt-f3, the third console just gives me 'dbootstrap: user.err could not > download iptables' > > The US version gives me exactly the same problem. > > I ran "dpkg-deb --field debian/pool.....ipchains_target.deb" and it never > complained about the package being corrupt. I couldnt find any dpkg > command to verify a package in the short time I've been trying to find > one. > > I cant see anything wrong with the packages file that specifies the > iptables file, not that i'm overly familiar with the format. > > I also copied everything a "find /instmnt -type f | grep deb$" found > into the /target/var/cache/apt/archive/ area and it all fits happily. > > I'm going to try starting over again, with one single big partition on > the hard drive to see if it's related to anything like that, but i dont > know where to look so i'm just grasping for clues at this point. > > Thanks, > Dave > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
