Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > Trying to install Debian on a PowerBook G3, with boot-floppies 2.2.13, I > noticed that retrieving any file by HTTP yields an "error installing file > drivers.tgz" (or base2_2.tgz. "zcat THEFILE | tar tvf -" shows that it is > indeed corrupted. Using an HTTP proxy or not changes nothing. > > On another Linux machine (a i386), I can retrieve the very same file with > HTTP clients and there is no corruption. Exporting then this file with NFS, > I was able to complete the installation. > > So, it really seems HTTP transfer in dbootstrap corrupt files. Did anyone > use it with success?
Yes. I had also gotten errors with the Kernel & Modules first, but I guess I had misconfigured the network. What was worse for me was that I had to build gnome-core myself because gnome-panel is version -1.0.1 in potato... Michel -- There's no place like ~ ______________________________________________________________________________ Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86, Team *AMIGA*, AUGS
