Installation of Base sytem failed

[Alfred Vahau]

Cybe R. Wizard wrote:

>On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 09:05:15 +1000
>Alfred Vahau <Alf.Vahau at upng.ac.pg> wrote:
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>>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,
>>
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>Have you checked virtual console 3?
>Try <alt><f3> or <ctrl><alt><3>
>and report what it says there.
>
>Cybe R. Wizard
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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,

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