<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Alfred Vahau wrote: <blockquote cite="mid43851C13.1040003@upng.ac.pg" type="cite"> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> Cybe R. Wizard wrote: <blockquote cite="mid20051123183116.248cb8e2@localhost.localdomain" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 09:05:15 +1000 Alfred Vahau <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Alf.Vahau@upng.ac.pg"><Alf.Vahau@upng.ac.pg></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Hi, I encountered first failure of Ubuntu (Warty). The error message reads: 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. The previous operating system was a Windows 2000 and I want the entire system replaced with Ubuntu. I've repeated the installation a few times and each time I receive the same error message with the installation halted. Any pointers would be appreciated, Alfred, </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Have you checked virtual console 3? Try <alt><f3> or <ctrl><alt><3> and report what it says there. Cybe R. Wizard </pre> </blockquote> Pressing Alt+F3, I get the console with lines beginning with Selecting and Unpacking. At the end bottom of the screen are the following lines. Selecting previously deselected package discover1. Unpacking discover1 (from .../discover1_1.6.1ubuntu6_i386.deb) ... Segmentation fault mv: unable to rename '/target/usr/sbin/sendmail': No such file or directory Alfred, </blockquote> I had expected the installation to proceed smoothly as others. Perhaps removing the Windows 2000 operating system is not that easy without tweaking? Or is sendmail not available on the installation CD which is unlikely? The first CD failed so I swapped it for another and still had the same error message. Alfred, </body> </html>