On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 02:02, Ian L wrote: > I'm glad debian isnt my first introduction to linux because if it were, i'd > be running back to windows. > > Right now trying the testing network install > > I've tried installing it several times now and i cant get anywhere with > it Lilo never seems to install, nor does grub. It either does nothing, or > does something too quick for me to see what its doing and then just puts me > back where i was. Selecting the 'finish install and reboot' option just > puts me back at the lilo setup screen or does the base install and fails > with the debootstrap errors below. > > Several times i've gotten a debootstrap error because awk was already there > (booted into the shell and deleted awk to get past that problem). I've > also gotten debootstrap error return value 127. When i get that error and > look in the debootstrap log file, it says error were encountered while > processing: > libopencdk8 > libgnutils7 > exim4-daemon-light > mailx > at > exim4 > /usr/sbin/debootstrap: 1: sleep: not found > > Can anyone point me to some resources that give you a good guide on how to > install debian? I'm familiar with linux through redhat, but this is the > first time i'm playing around with debian. I'd REALLY appreciate some help > getting this working. > > Ian > >
Oh? You can't do a simple install? I did a network install from floppies 2 days after coming out of the hospital after an operation and taking strong pain killers. That system has been rebooted 3 times since march 2003 for kernel upgrades :P -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
