Xela Wren wrote: > > I am trying to install the latest stable Debian on a Dell 486DX and am > running into trouble installing teh base system. Having tried it with FOUR > different sets of install floppies (no CD, no network connection, no other > machine nearby) I always get the same message when it finishes copying the 7 > install disks and begins extracting the base2_1.tgz file: Error extracting > file. > > The REALLY strange thing is that when I try to install the Base System again > it will stop in between disks 6 & 7 (once between 5 & 6 and once between 4 & > 5) after having copied the whole disk with no problem and will display an > error somtehing to the effect of, "Error outputting file: Success". THis > happens whenever I try to install the Base System again without starting the > installation from scratch. > > Any ideas? Thanks for helping the newbie in advance.
It's been a while, but isn't the base2_1.tgz file the large all-floppy-images-in-one file? The one that you'd download to a hard drive to do an install from an existing hard drive partition? I don't know if this has any relevance to your situation, but it MIGHT be a clue.
