Hello. I am trying to install Linux for the first time and I am having a problem when it comes to "Installing the base system."
1. I downloaded the files from ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/hamm/disks-i386/current . 2. Copied them to a hard drive that was already partitioned with 4 partitions (2 - ext2 and 2 - swp) 3. Ran install 4. Everything went fine untill installing the base system (I skipped network config. as I will be using ppp) I get an error that I cannot read because dinstall is covering it up. I think it says something about invalid archive format. I even created floppies and tried, but had a checksum error on the 4th disk 3 times with different disks. I have compared the dates and files sizes of what I downloaded with what is out on the network and they match. Does anyone have any suggestions for a very frustrated programmer? Brooke Hedrick Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
