Installing Base System failure

[Greg Karakashian]

I have encountered the same error message attempting to install version 5.10
(breezy) that was encountered by Alfred Vahau:

Install the base system
Base system installation error
The debootstrap program exited with an error (return value 1)
Check /var/logs/messages or see virtual console 3 for details.

 

Checking console 3, I find messages indicating a lot of erase failures due
to a read-only file system.

When I "go back" and retry the installation, I get the error message "Failed
getting Release file /cdrom/dists/breezy/Release".

The file, of course, is on the CD in the folder indicated.

 

The system has a Pentium 4 @ 1.4 GHz processor, 512MB RAM, and  a 5GB Hard
drive wiped with killdisk before attempting the installation.

It also has a Linksys WMP54G wireless nic which is not recognized by
installation process, which leaves me without an internet connection on the
machine.

 

I would appreciate any help to resolve the installation failure and any help
with how to install the WMP54G nic.

 

Thanks,

 

Greg Karakashian

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