thanks - the usb key I used might also have been part of the problem. worked fine once i swapped it for another one...(after a handful of attempts to make the faulty one work) n-by nirvous - Debian
Followed the debian install instructions, found here: http://jeff.doozan.com/debian/ Things run fine for about 15 minutes, until I get: W: Failure trying to run: chroot /tmp/debian dpkg --force-depends --install /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_5.9_armel.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/base-passwd_3.5.22_armel.deb debootstrap failed. The log file ends with: Connecting to ftp.us.deby nirvous - Debian