On Wednesday 26 April 2006 14:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I understand the file /cdrom/.disk/base-installable is missing from the
> iso and base-installer checks for its existence and I presume sets a
> boolean variable (name, location?) that enables/disables install from
> cdrom to proceed.
Ye
Trying to install etch-amd64 using official jigdo weekly build 20060417.
I only have a dial-up connection (did jigdo and burn at another place with high
speed) so am attempting an install from CD only. base-installer fails because
of the following:
On 4/16/06 Franz Pop wrote
>The cause of this i
On Monday 24 April 2006 02:13, Marco wrote:
> Is there any VT2 hack I could do to let the base install process go on?
Well, no, because a required package _is_ missing.
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Is there any VT2 hack I could do to let the base install process go on?
On 4/24/06, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 24 April 2006 01:38, Marco wrote:
> > I tried also
> > - the current weekly image
> > - to install it on a different box
>
> Well, I was a bit too optimistic with my
On Monday 24 April 2006 01:38, Marco wrote:
> I tried also
> - the current weekly image
> - to install it on a different box
Well, I was a bit too optimistic with my previous message:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2006/04/msg00546.html
Turned out that another change was needed. You logs con
You got it.
I tried also
- the current weekly image
- to install it on a different box
with the same result: if I skip the ethernet configuration and mirror
selection, going to disk selection, the base system install fails
because "no installable cdrom was found and no mirror was selected",
or so
> During an offline install (no ethernet and no dialup connection) from
> Etch weekly cd builds, my base system installation fails trying to
> download the "Release file".
The cause of this issue has been found. A necessary file was missing from
CD images due to a change in a package.
CD images
On Thursday 13 April 2006 23:18, Marco wrote:
> Any advice on how to manually copy the release file?
No because it should be on the CD. If it isn't then the CD is completely
broken; if it is, then there's something else wrong.
I want to know what's wrong before offering a solution.
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On 4/13/06, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That must mean that the installer has problems reading your CD.
>
> Can you do the following.
> - do a new install
> - proceed to partitioning
> - while you are there:
> - switch to VT2 (using alt-F2)
> - use nano to edit the file /var/lib/dpkg
(Please always reply to the list, not to an individual.)
On Thursday 13 April 2006 22:46, you wrote:
> On 4/13/06, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > If you use the button to exit to the menu the during mirror
> > selection and then just skip that step the installation should go
> > fine. Y
On Thursday 13 April 2006 22:05, Marco wrote:
> During an offline install (no ethernet and no dialup connection) from
> Etch weekly cd builds, my base system installation fails trying to
> download the "Release file".
>
> Is it possible to skip this step (as for the mirror selection)? Maybe
> alter
During an offline install (no ethernet and no dialup connection) from
Etch weekly cd builds, my base system installation fails trying to
download the "Release file".
Is it possible to skip this step (as for the mirror selection)? Maybe
altering some install script from the console?
Thanks,
Marco
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