Roderick wrote:
> You might try getting the base off ftp or http rather than the cd. The
> first few floppies are apparently good, and possibly the cd is giving
> you the trouble.
I'm not able to get a functioning system, let alone network.
>
> Eric Richardson wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm having a lot of problems with a debian 2.2 install. First, the
>> hardware is a cyrix 686 with an intel mainboard and an ide hard drive
>> and a CD rom. I installed Debian a couple of times and was attempting
>> to get the network running and things went weird.
>>
>> All of a sudden after running a couple of hours the permissions of
>> things started to go weird. On boot, unix.o couldn't create file and
>> reported the filesystem was read only. Later when I was trying to
>> apt-get install isapnptools the apt-get executable had no execute
>> permissions, something like S--------. Other programs would not
>> execute either and I was forced to shutoff the power as I couldn't
>> shutdown or do anything. I had used the disk 1 successfully previously
>> to install dhcpcd which removed pump.
>>
>> Next I booted with the recover floppy but when it mounted the /
>> partition and tried to boot but the kernel panic'ed with a checksum or
>> something. At this point I probably should have run fs2chk or
>> something but chose to reinstall.
>>
>> The reinstall seemed to go fine until I reached the point of the base
>> system install and the system won't untar the base_2.2gz. This is a
>> floppy install for the kernel as the BIOS doesn't have the CD boot
>> support. I used the boot and root floppies but then try to install the
>> rest of the system off the CD. The CD seems to work fine but as said
>> before has problems on the untarring the base2_2.gz. I searched the
>> /var dir but could find an installer.log or something and nothing in
>> messages that helps. Because of the previous filesystem corruption? I
>> suspected the hard disk but there could be other problems. The install
>> disks are the cheapbytes silver non-cdr disks and I have used them for
>> other installs and loading 2.2 software so I don't suspect them but
>> perhaps tthey are bad or the CD? I really don't have a clue other than
>> something very non normal is going on. Can I get a complete
>> functioning bootable system out of only the floppies or do I need the
>> base portion off the CD. I don't have a CD burner so I have to get
>> install disks elsewhere.
>>
>> Any help, ideas, etc. welcome.
>>
>> Eric
>>
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