-----Original Message-----
From: David Wright
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Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 8:32
AM
To: Clyde Wilson
Cc: Owens, Jerry;
'debian-user@lists.debian.org'
Subject: Re: Install problem
Quoting Clyde Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> I think your tgz files need to be on a linux
partition.
That's just plain wrong. They can be anywhere
that your installation
kernel can get to them.
> On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Owens, Jerry wrote:
>
> > I am trying to install Debian
GNU/Linux version 2.1 on a
> > Compaq Deskpro PII 233. I have downloaded
all of the required files from
> > the ftp site and I am using a boot disk to
install Debian. The base file
> > (base2_1.tgz) is on the dos partition. The
install goes fine until it
> > tries to unzip the base file. Then I get an
error stating that "There
> > was a problem extracting the Base System
from
> > /instmnt/linux/debian/base2_1.tgz.
I don't think you're alone here, though I don't
recall noticing
what the most frequent reasons were.
> > I have downloaded this several times
> > from different sites to make sure I didn't
get a bad copy with no luck.
You can check your copy's integrity by
gunzip-ing it yourself.
Switch to VC2 with Alt-F2, copy it somewhere,
then gunzip it.
If you're left with a tar file, then the copying
process was not
corrupted and you can look for the solution
elsewhere.
e.g. (untested)
cp path-to-your-file/base2_1.tgz .
gunzip base2_1.tgz
ls
I tried to unzip it using gunzip on the VC2
console and it said gunzip not found. I was able to open it with WinZip
from windows and it looked fine. It would also let me unzip it.
(Copying it prevents you altering the original.
IIRC at this
stage . is / so it doesn't matter if you add a
tarfile.)
Cheers,
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