[This is a follow-up to previous post, attempting to supply more details.]
I am trying to install debian on a recently purchased HP machine, with Windows XP pre-installed. An unsucessful attempt to install the "stable" distribution leads me to believe this has a SATA hard-disk. I downloaded the weekly build CD-image from "testing" on March 1, and booted it. The first few steps (hard disk partition, etc) seemed to go all right. Then I tried to install the base system. When asked to choose a kernel, I chose the default linux-image-2.6-486. Shortly afterward I got the message > An error was returned while trying to install the > initramfs-tools package > > Check /bar/log/syslog or virtual console 4 When I typed control-alt-Fr, I got in part: > apt-install: Setting up busybox (1.1.3-4) > apt-install: Setting up libklibc (1.4.34-1) > apt-install: Seting up klibc-utils (1.4.34-1) > apt-install: Setting up initramfs-tools (0.85e) > apt-install: > apt-install: Errors were encountered while processing: > apt-install: console-tools > apt-install: console-common > apt-install: E: > apt-install: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code() > apt-install: > base-installer: error: exiting on error base-installer/kernel/ > filed-package-install I'm not sure, but my monitor may be losing the last character of long lines, so that the message may refer to "failed-package- install", and there may be a number for the error-code. Thanks for any help. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
