debian sucks aka i cant get it to install

From: Ian L (debian_at_merk.caltech.edu)
Date: 02/05/04

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    I'm glad debian isnt my first introduction to linux because if it were, i'd
    be running back to windows.

    Right now trying the testing network install

    I've tried installing it several times now and i cant get anywhere with
    it Lilo never seems to install, nor does grub. It either does nothing, or
    does something too quick for me to see what its doing and then just puts me
    back where i was. Selecting the 'finish install and reboot' option just
    puts me back at the lilo setup screen or does the base install and fails
    with the debootstrap errors below.

    Several times i've gotten a debootstrap error because awk was already there
    (booted into the shell and deleted awk to get past that problem). I've
    also gotten debootstrap error return value 127. When i get that error and
    look in the debootstrap log file, it says error were encountered while
    processing:
    libopencdk8
    libgnutils7
    exim4-daemon-light
    mailx
    at
    exim4
    /usr/sbin/debootstrap: 1: sleep: not found

    Can anyone point me to some resources that give you a good guide on how to
    install debian? I'm familiar with linux through redhat, but this is the
    first time i'm playing around with debian. I'd REALLY appreciate some help
    getting this working.

    Ian 

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