On 16/10/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Sharp) wrote: > > > I get to the base-install stage of the install and then get stuck > > > as the system tries to find a 'Release' or 'basedebs.tgz' file > > > over http. I'm really stuck. > > > > use a mirror that doesn't suck giant rocks through coffee > > stirrers and spew chunks all over the wall. > > Um, what? At first I thought I knew what you were saying, but > by the time I finished the sentence, I didn't have it any more. > What are you trying to say? Chunks? On the wall?
Well using http://http.us.debian.org/debian clearly wasn't too sensible of me, as I am in the U.K. Thats the wall bit. (http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian and http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian were the paths I should have been using.) However I have since discovered that I was using a 'Release' file under the distribution subdirectory, rather than the main release file. This is the bit that sucked. Coffee Stirrers were the parts where I used a mixture of my hard disk, nfs and http to try and do the install... I've sorted out this problem and thanks for all the help. Rory
