Hi Michael, > > Looks familiar, seems like it still does not work out of the box. > > I've done this a couple of months ago, and I had to do lots > > of this stuff by hand then. > > > > BTW: I've just started the same process on my machine, might take some > > time, but I'm sure I'll end up with a very similar problem sooner or later. > > > >Seems like I've been too pessimistic about this, it worked for me. > >I've used a different server and directory, though, but that should not >make that much of a difference. > >I chrooted into it and did some ls *; vi foo; ... looks good, >could use a couple of additional tests - but does not look broken >at the first sight > >If you're interested I can send you the complete log (88k), but maybe >the first few lines will do also. > >edb9312:~# mkdir llandre-woodyinstall-test >edb9312:~# cd llandre-woodyinstall-test/ >edb9312:~/llandre-woodyinstall-test# debootstrap --arch arm --verbose >woody woody http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian >I: Validating debootstrap.invalid_dists_woody_Release >... I tried again with the same server: debootstrap --arch arm --verbose woody woody http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian but it did not work again :( I'll try again ... llandre DAVE Electronics System House - R&D Department web: http://www.dave-tech.it email: r&d2@xxxxxxxxxxxx