Re: CheapBytes and package installation
Point DSELECT to your CD rom first. Once you've mounted the CD, type:
/debian/main
This will reference the root. For the remaining questions, respond NONE.
This worked for me.
Denis
-----Original Message-----
From: Cristov Russell <wolfsong333@yahoo.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Saturday, August 29, 1998 6:46 PM
Subject: CheapBytes and package installation
>Hi all.
>
>I'm feeling rather silly about this question since it seems like it
>should be easy. I've installed hamm before by downloading a bunch of
>packages but then realised that at the price of the CDs, I might as
>well order them.
>
>The first part of the installation went extraordinarily smoothly but
>now I'm confused about how to install the packages. Since the contrib
>& non-free packages are on seperate CDs than the main packages, I'm no
>longer sure where to tell the installation to look for the files.
>
>I'm using an EIDE CD rom (hdc). I also have an NEC four disc changer
>(hdd) which I don't think I can mount as individual filesystems so I'm
>not using it for the installation but if you know of a way to make
>that work it might be easier. Any help with this would be
>appreciated. Thanks.
>
>Cristov Russell
>wolfsong333@yahoo.com
>
>
>
>
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