On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:40:57 GMT
Marco De Vitis <starless@spin.it> wrote:

> I'm trying to install Etch on a new machine, using the net install CD,
> but I encountered a problem.
> In short, the install process halts soon after tasksel, with a progress
> bar stopped at 5%.
> [...]
> Thanks.

Apparently the Debian Etch RC1 NetInstall is broken[1]. It was reported by multiple people that their installers halted on 5%. The current fix is to use the daily installer build, installing right off of the CD (Without using the net to download packages)


[1]http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2007/20070210


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On 23/02/2007 17:50, Michael Pobega wrote:

> Apparently the Debian Etch RC1 NetInstall is broken[1]. It was
> reported by multiple people that their installers halted on 5%. The
> current fix is to use the daily installer build, installing right off
> of the CD (Without using the net to download packages)

Thanks. It appears I didn't use the right keywords on Google .

But I'm a bit confused: you talk about installing from a local CD
source, so I believe you are actually suggesting that I use the *weekly*
full CD/DVD images.

Can't I use a *daily* netinst, instead? The link you pointed me to seems
to suggest this.

I also found mention of a workaround: http://snipurl.com/1b5pm
Is it safe?

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On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 09:57:18PM +0000, Marco De Vitis wrote:
> On 23/02/2007 17:50, Michael Pobega wrote:
>
> >Apparently the Debian Etch RC1 NetInstall is broken[1]. It was
> >reported by multiple people that their installers halted on 5%. The
> >current fix is to use the daily installer build, installing right off
> >of the CD (Without using the net to download packages)
>
> Thanks. It appears I didn't use the right keywords on Google .
>
> But I'm a bit confused: you talk about installing from a local CD
> source, so I believe you are actually suggesting that I use the *weekly*
> full CD/DVD images.
>
> Can't I use a *daily* netinst, instead? The link you pointed me to seems
> to suggest this.
>
> I also found mention of a workaround: http://snipurl.com/1b5pm
> Is it safe?

looks good to me.

A


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Michael Pobega wrote:
> Apparently the Debian Etch RC1 NetInstall is broken[1]. It was
> reported by multiple people that their installers halted on 5%. The
> current fix is to use the daily installer build, installing right off
> of the CD (Without using the net to download packages)

You're conflating two fixes. *Either* use a daily build *or* if you must
use rc2 for some reason, do not let it use the network.

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On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:19:49 -0500
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> wrote:

> Michael Pobega wrote:
> > Apparently the Debian Etch RC1 NetInstall is broken[1]. It was
> > reported by multiple people that their installers halted on 5%. The
> > current fix is to use the daily installer build, installing right off
> > of the CD (Without using the net to download packages)
>
> You're conflating two fixes. *Either* use a daily build *or* if you must
> use rc2 for some reason, do not let it use the network.
>

I meant the daily netinstall, I'm pretty sure that's the one that works. I may be wrong and would sound pretty stupid if I am, though.


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On 24/02/2007 0:20, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 09:57:18PM +0000, Marco De Vitis wrote:

>> I also found mention of a workaround: http://snipurl.com/1b5pm
>> Is it safe?

> looks good to me.

.....and indeed, I used that workaround today and it worked great.
Thanks everyone.

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