Re: Why is debian "more of a learning curve" than Redhat???
Script (/usr/bin/script from the bsdutils package) will make a
transcript of a dselect session, regardless of the install method
being used. See man script for details.
Bob
On Mon, 26 Jan 1998, Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> wrote:
> > Is the output of dselect logged somewhere? This woud help much,
> > because most of the errors are not even readable when hushing over the
> > screen.
>
> no, not with the standard "mounted" method. they should be logged. but
> they aren't.
>
> there is another install method called "mountable" which logs everything
> to /var/log/dpkg-mountable.
>
>
> dpkg-mountable has several other advantages too (e.g. much faster that
> "mounted"), so it's worth installing. you can find it in the admin/
> subdirectory of the debian archive (or just install it with dselect).
>
> if you're using the ftp method to install/upgrade debian then dpkg-mountable
> won't be any use to you at all.
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