install trouble: bad d-i Packages file

[Colin Watson]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 02:31:54PM -0400, David McGaffin wrote:
> I am trying to install Warty.  The install repeatedly hangs at the "Load
> installer components from CD" step with the console message:
> 
> user.info.anna[42767]: Not a directory
> user.info.anna[42767]: WARNING **: bad d-i Packages file
> user.info.anna[42767]: grep: /cdrom/dists/stable/Release: Not a
> directory

This usually indicates DMA problems, which I believe are fixed in our
most recent kernel images. I'll see about updating the kernels used in
the installer.

Cheers,

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Colin Watson                                    [cjwatson at canonical.com]