Debian install problems

[Roderick]

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.

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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