Debian install problems

[Eric Richardson]

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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