On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 09:36:20AM -0400, Sam Steel wrote: > Dear Debian, > I have been trying to install "Woody" on a computer I got fro WalMart with > "Lindows" preinstalled. > I am not having much luck. > In the base system installation, I get the following messages. > From <alt>F1
re you installing to a clean partition? The installer's not designed to install over an existing installation. > file:/instmnt/pool/main/g/glic/libc6_2.2.5-11.2_i386.deb > was corrupt > Couldn't download libc6 > From <alt>F4 > cp: write: No space left on device The most common reason this happens is that you didn't mount a large enough partition to install to. > ( I have a 10 gig hard drive. ) The drive may be big enough, but the installer is limited to the partition(s) you have mounted when installing. > From <alt>F3 > (String of reasonable messages, followed by these two ) > Jul 7 09:04:40 (none) user.info dbootstrap[272]: no '/target/basedebs.tar' > files found, Debian archive not in default location > Jul 7 09:04:51 (none) user.info dbootstrap[272] The installation program > couldn't find any directory containing a file basedebs.tar or > dists/woody/main/binary-i386/Release > I purchased and received the CD set from AboutDebian about two weeks ago. I > have tried to install them on two computers, with very similar results. > Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks > Sam Steel That message sounds like you didn't mount any partitions? You need to mount at least a root partition and possibly others is you are designing a multi-partition system. Or possibly you told it to look on the hard drive for the installation software, rather than the CD? -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
