Problem finishing installation

[Paul Kaplan]

Thank you.  The original CD was defective.  Reburned CD solved the problem.
Paul
On Saturday 04 February 2006 12:52, Harry Vorstenbosch wrote:
> When you have access to a SuSE or a Fedora startup CD you will be able to
> Check the whole (installation)CD.
>
> Sometimes it happens that the maximum speed of your writer exceed the
> readability of some CD-ROM readers, especially if your CD is a rewritable
> one. (Write your CD at a lower speed).
> It also will be possible to mount your ISO-file directly fromout a LINUX
> prompt doing the following:
> Boot with the (K)Ubuntu CD, press Ctrl + Alt + F1 to get a terminal screen
> (prompt) then define the following command:
> mount -o loop -t iso9660 <isofilename> <mountpoint>
> (mount -o loop -t iso9660 /dev/hda1/iso-breezy /dev/hda3/install) The
> install directory MUST exist.
> In that case you NEED to know on which device you have placed the ISO-file
> and OF Course the mountpoint for example "/dev/hda3/install" must exist.
>
> Once again goodluck with this installation,
> Harry,
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Kaplan" <pkaplan1 at comcast.net>
> To: <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Cc: "Harry Vorstenbosch" <harry.vorstenbosch at zonnet.nl>
> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 5:42 PM
> Subject: Re: Problem finishing installation
>
> > The thought occurred to me.  Three trys, three failures.
> > The iso md5 was fine.  If there are any flaws in the CD they're below the
> > level of visibility.
> > Paul
> >
> > On Saturday 04 February 2006 09:54, Harry Vorstenbosch wrote:
> > > Paul, first of all I do not know what this message means, but could it
>
> be
>
> > > possible that the system did not read well from your installation CD?
>
> Have
>
> > > you given it another try?
> > >
> > > Harry,
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Paul Kaplan" <pkaplan1 at comcast.net>
> > > To: <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>; <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 3:13 PM
> > > Subject: Problem finishing installation
> > >
> > > > I'm trying to install 5.1.  About 1/3 of the way into the base
> > > > install
>
> I
>
> > > get
> > >
> > > > the following error message:
> > > > "The debootstrap program exited with an error (return value 1).
> > > > Check /target/var/log/bootstrap.log for details."
> > > >
> > > > The /target/var/log directory remains empty.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone know what the error message means and why my install is
> > >
> > > aborting?
> > >
> > > > Paul
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > No virus found in this incoming message.
> > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> > > > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.1/250 - Release Date:
>
> 3-2-2006
>
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> >
> >
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