Hi, It is not just fakeroot. debootstrap itself is broken, so you can't even get a new root file system. debootstrap fails at: ,---- | I: Configuring base-files... | I: Configuring libblkid1... | I: Configuring e2fsprogs... | I: Configuring gzip... | I: Configuring dpkg... | I: Configuring dselect... | I: Configuring sysvinit-utils... | I: Configuring login... | I: Configuring lsb-base... | I: Configuring procps... | I: Configuring mount... | I: Configuring passwd... | I: Configuring initscripts... | I: Configuring base-files... | I: Configuring base-files... | W: Failure while configuring required packages. `----
chrooting into the dir, the error is that base-files postinst cannot find awk. mawk had indeed been configured earlier. So, while /etc/alternatives/awk exists, and points to mawk, there is no symlink /usr/bin/awk created. manoj -- Boy! Eucalyptus! Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]