Unfortunately not _all_ of the publishing houses provide complete and quality controlled disks. If you didn't get an Official debian cd, you might want to consider doing so before moving on. I am pretty happy with this $1.98 set from linuxmall: http://www.linuxmall.com/shop/00989?cat=ROOT&sort=2&vid=&search=debian&Start = I'm still stuggling, but I know it's not the cd :-)
Just a thought. Good luck, --Marc ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian User Lists <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 2:02 PM Subject: More Problems with SAMS Debian 2.1 and Dell Inspiron 7500 > Hi > > Next problem (ho hum) with: > SAMS Installing GNU/Linux book with the copy of Debian 2.1 > Dell Inspiron PIII 650, 128mb ram, 18gb or so hard drive, dvd rom (cd > compatible), LS120 > > Okay managed to install rescue and driver image by using the install from > dos/harddrive and the tecra images. Now get as far as installing the base > system, but even though things appear to be happening (drive light going, > significant pause etc), the installer just goes back to the option to > install base system. If I try and force it past that point to Configure Base > System, I just get a message Base System not Installed! I've tried various > permutations of the different binary images, installing rescue/driver from > hard drive and base from CDRom and the same thing happens. Is it possible > the base archive is corrupt, is there a windows based program to process the > tgz file to see if its okay (I've got ZipMagic but it falls over every time > I try and open the tar file, but this could just be zip magic, so I'd like > confirmation using an alternate archive program). > > (I'm getting close to buying a copy of Red Hat I must say!) > > Any help appreciated, regards > Paul > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
