Re: Help...
Hello Martin Bialasinski <martin@internet-treff.uni-koeln.de>,
> >> "MBC" == Michael B Capozzi <mbc1780@osfmail.isc.rit.edu> writes:
>
> MBC> I was wondering if there was any preset set of packages, that
> MBC> would give me what I needed without having to go crazy trying to choose
> MBC> from 1500 or so packages.
>
> On the first run, just after installing the boot floppies, you are
> given a choice of preselecting packages "Home-box", "developement box"
> etc.
Now, if that'd be available later, that'd be nice...
> MBC> The documentation of dselect is somewhat cryptic and difficult to
> MBC> understand.
Well, dselect itself is cryptic and difficult to understand :-)
I think the main thing that bites users is this: in most situations,
you want to press + instead of enter.
The enter key confirms the whole screen and exits.
If you press + on something and it pops up a shorter list of
selections, then you can either accept them (with enter), modify
them with + and -, or undo them with an upper-case R and make
different ones.
HTH
Jiri <jiri@baum.com.au>
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