| From: | Andrew Barker |
| Date: | 1 Mar 2001 at 09:23:02 |
| Subject: | Re: Problems with Linux |
Ray,
You must have missed the threads [Linux - AA17+18 problem!] & [Linux still won't
install]
Lot's of people are having problems, some are just down to lack of knowledge.
Linux installations are something of a Black art ;-). It was easy on my PC using
Red Hat 6.2 (Zoot). Maybe I'll try other Linux distros ?
In my case I had to copy the base2_2.tgz to my hard drive to get it working.
Otherwise it says invalid length and fails to decode.
You've got past that bit like most of us and configured the base system.
I somehow (?) managed to install the files from the CD, but don't know if
it read my HD rather than the CD. I copied the (135 MB) /dists/ to my HD.
I may start again, but aquire an ISO and try from there rather than the
one on AA17+18 ?
It may have been better for AA to simply give us a second cd as a one off ?
Regards
Andy Barker
Neil Bothwick wrote:
> Ray Tunstall said,
>
> > I haven't noticed anyone else having problems installing linux from AA18
> > but I can't get it to work properly. I can get it to install the base
> > system and configure it but when I reboot and try to install the other
> > software it checks the CD drives (I've tried the CD in both my CDROM and my
> > CDROM R/W), all I get are some error messages about hd3 and something about
> > interupts and then it says there is no Debian CD. I've tried it with both
> > AA17 CD and AA18 CD.
>
> I know about the problem with AACD17, which is why the installer was
> repeated on AACD18. I don't know why that one fails, but you're not the
> first to mention it in here. We'll have to wait until Richard returns
> from holiday for a definitive answer on this one.
>
> Has anyone avoided the "Not a Debian CD" error on AACD18, or found the
> cause for the error?
>
> Neil
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