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  Netinstall of Debian 8 on DELL laptop fails Klaus Jantzen <k.d.jantzen@mailbox.org> - 2017-03-17 19:00 +0100
    Re: Netinstall of Debian 8 on DELL laptop fails Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2017-03-18 02:30 +0100
    Re: Netinstall of Debian 8 on DELL laptop fails deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-03-18 15:40 +0100
      Re: Netinstall of Debian 8 on DELL laptop fails GiaThnYgeia <GiaThnYgeia@openmailbox.org> - 2017-03-18 18:30 +0100
    Re: Netinstall of Debian 8 on DELL laptop fails Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-03-18 19:40 +0100
      Re: Netinstall of Debian 8 on DELL laptop fails David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-03-19 06:00 +0100

#178969 — Netinstall of Debian 8 on DELL laptop fails

Hello,

I am trying to net-install Debian 8.7. (Graphical expert install)

After loading a couple of modules for the installation of the base 
system the installer claims that

beginning with 'groff-base' all modules are corrupted and cannot be loaded.

This is wrong as I used the same CD to install Debian on my PC without 
any problems.

Before that I had installed Wheezy on the laptop without any problems.


Does anyone have an idea on how to solve the problem?
Thanks in advance.
-- 

K.D.J.

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#178982

On Friday 17 March 2017 17:55:12 Klaus Jantzen wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to net-install Debian 8.7. (Graphical expert install)
>
> After loading a couple of modules for the installation of the base
> system the installer claims that
>
> beginning with 'groff-base' all modules are corrupted and cannot be loaded.
>
> This is wrong as I used the same CD to install Debian on my PC without
> any problems.

CDs can get damaged.  Or sometimes in practice a CD can be read in one drive 
but not in another.
>
> Before that I had installed Wheezy on the laptop without any problems.
>
>
> Does anyone have an idea on how to solve the problem?

Download the file again and burn a new CD, preferably with a different 
make/type of CD on a different drive - if you can manage it.  Do check sums 
carefully.  Try again.  If you still have the problem, tell us.

Lisi

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#178992

Klaus Jantzen wrote:

> This is wrong as I used the same CD to install Debian on my PC without
> any problems.

did you follow the same path for the installation on the pc - graphic +
expert?

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#178994

Rinse out the cd with distilled water shake it like crazy and wipe it
dry with the softest of all cotton cloths.  If it is not working still
recycle it.
Use a USB stick to put the iso on, it will last much longer than the
system will have any use.  Do not use the live part for installations,
just use the graphic install as it keeps the system free of all
unnecessary things using up resources.  The live part is a full debian
system running with the installer software in it.  It is nice so you can
look stuff up while the installation is proceeding but it is known to
produce problems.  I have no clue why.

deloptes:
> Klaus Jantzen wrote:
> 
>> This is wrong as I used the same CD to install Debian on my PC without
>> any problems.
> 
> did you follow the same path for the installation on the pc - graphic +
> expert?

There is a standard iso and Debian+non-free iso which some laptop
gadgetry requires but installation should have completed even with
missing firmware.

kAt

-- 
 "The most violent element in society is ignorance" rEG

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#179000

On Fri 17 Mar 2017 at 18:55:12 +0100, Klaus Jantzen wrote:

> I am trying to net-install Debian 8.7. (Graphical expert install)
> 
> After loading a couple of modules for the installation of the base system
> the installer claims that

Would you please explain what you mean by "loading a couple of
modules....."? Do you mean "packages"?
 
> beginning with 'groff-base' all modules are corrupted and cannot be loaded.

Is this the exact message which the installer output on the screen
and which is in the syslog? Did you reboot and try again? What was
the result?
 
> This is wrong as I used the same CD to install Debian on my PC without any
> problems.

What were you installing on this time.
 
> Before that I had installed Wheezy on the laptop without any problems.

Not relevant. It's a different image.

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#179008

On Sat 18 Mar 2017 at 18:34:08 (+0000), Brian wrote:
> On Fri 17 Mar 2017 at 18:55:12 +0100, Klaus Jantzen wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to net-install Debian 8.7. (Graphical expert install)
> > 
> > After loading a couple of modules for the installation of the base system
> > the installer claims that
> 
> Would you please explain what you mean by "loading a couple of
> modules....."? Do you mean "packages"?

I think the OP is referring to the list of modules for usb-storage and
suchlike. (That's the only one I've used and therefore remember the
name of.)

Could it be signofocant that the next step is to detect and mount
the CD-ROM, which is the first time linux touches it. (I'm assuming
that up to this point the CD was read by the BIOS rather than linux.)

> > beginning with 'groff-base' all modules are corrupted and cannot be loaded.
> 
> Is this the exact message which the installer output on the screen
> and which is in the syslog? Did you reboot and try again? What was
> the result?
>  
> > This is wrong as I used the same CD to install Debian on my PC without any
> > problems.
> 
> What were you installing on this time.

Laptop. (In the subject line. I know, I don't like it either,
when people put information only in the header and not the body.)

> > Before that I had installed Wheezy on the laptop without any problems.
> 
> Not relevant. It's a different image.
> 

Cheers,
David.

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