Gayle Fairless([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is reported to have said: > <--<snip>-->
> ================================= > > > I gave up temporarily on network installation and downloaded the iso > files for approximately 20 CDROM's. There was quite a few difficulties > getting past system hangs and having to use the rescue mode. It seems > that any install failure requires the user to go back to the partitioner > and reformat the / volume. Even though the basic system has been > installed, it seems that the installer cannot pick up where it failed. > The installer also hung badly on selinix-policy-refpolicy-targeted file > (I may have misspelled this). The first attempt that got to package > selection had desktop system, laptop, and standard system. That was > about 500 packages. That failed. > > Back to the partitioner, this time I only selected laptop system and > standard system. That was less than a hundred packages so I got the > basic system installed. > > Now I can boot the Thinkpad 390 into Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 R0 (etch). Now your on your way! > > Unfortunately when I attempted to use aptitude to install some small > packages such as bzip2, the aptitude program did not like the MD5SUM of > the first CDROM. I am not too concerned about the error but would like > to get around it or correct it so I can continue installation of the > packages on an individual or custom basis. Can I read packages off the > CDROM's and use apt-get or dpkg instead? Will an aptitude -f install > work to get past the alleged error? Yes, it should. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and comment out the CDROM entries. # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot \ # i386 Binary-1 (20040919)]/ stable contrib main Then add these, if you haven't already, below them. deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org etch/updates main Then do the update/upgrade aptitude update ; aptitude -y upgrade There have been quite a few fixes to etch since it was released, at least here. > Oh well, at least I have the basic system back. I also have mutt and vi > already installed! Don't forget to take a look at vim, the vi with wheels.... :-) Hope this gets out (with the correct address). I have been have a problem sending mail since the 23rd. I think I have it back but this is my first test mail. Regards Wayne -- Computer Science: solving today's problems tomorrow. _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
