Re: dselect-help!!!!!!!
I had this problem with a laptop (no CD ROM drive , no network) and solved
it by using the ftp option in dselect.
You just have to be careful to state the correct path if you're using a
mirror site.
Just set up your isp details using pppconfig, then pon yourprovidername
start dselect and choose option 1 (access method), answer all the questions
and way you go.
Regards,
Stephen Lavelle
Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd.
~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~
110 Heales Road,
Lara, Geelong, Australia
3212
Tel:++(03)52742232
Fax:++(03)52742350
mailto:auswetbl@mail.austasia.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Kent West <kent.west@infotech.acu.edu>
To: Patrice Bertrand <pb@sprynet.com>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Thursday, 10 December 1998 10:47
Subject: Re: dselect-help!!!!!!!
>At 02:19 PM 12/9/1998 -0500, you wrote:
>>Thanks for this material.... I understand that the best thing for me is to
>>have access to the Internet and download all the files i need. It means I
>>have to make my PCMCIA card work... I have no idea how to do it. I thought
>>it was done through the installation process... What do I have to do
>>exactly?
>>My computer is a laptop (Winbook) with a standard PCMCIA card modem.
>>Everything works when I use Windows 95 (which is installed on a different
>>and removable HDD). My Linux partitions are :
>> dev/hda1 boot
>> dev/hda2 swap
>> dev/hda3 usr
>> dev/hda4 home
>>
>>What do I have to do to make my modem work? If you don't mind, can you
>>describe all the steps
>>(something like : to write a letter you need : 1)a sheet of paper 2)a
>>pencil 3)you have to take the pencil in your right - or left hand - hand
>>4)Don't hold the pencil upside down, etc...)
>>Thanks. If you dont' have time, dont' bother. PB
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Kent West <westk@heir.acu.edu>
>>To: Patrice Bertrand <pb@sprynet.com>
>>Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>;
>>recipient.list.not.shown : ; <recipient.list.not.shown : ;>
>>Date: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 3:03 AM
>>Subject: Re: dselect-help!!!!!!!
>>
>>
>>>On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Patrice Bertrand wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have installed Linux on my laptop and i have now to use 'dselect'
>>>> to install X and others packages. Problem : i can't find my way and
>>>>i'm stuck with dselect from the beginning. I've downloaded the file
>>>>'Dselect documentation for beginners' from debian.org but it's not
>>>>very helpful. (e.g. : when I go to select i can't understand anything
>>>>from the different menus and the differents options. For instance,
>>>>what's the difference between 'Install from a hard disk partition
>>>>partion (NOT YET MOUNTED)' and 'Install from a filesystem which is
>>>>already mounted'. Which one should I pick up since i've just installed
>>>>Debian from floppies?)
>>>> Basically, I'm looking for :
>>>> - a manual which explains carefully and with examples what to do
>>>>when using dselect.
>>>> - if this is not available, is it possible to have a few
>>>>directions about how to install X Windows with dselect, notably the very
>>>>first steps -something in plain english for idiots or retardos. (What i
>>>>have now on my lap-top computer is plain Linux. I can't use a CD ROM and
>>>>can't yet get access to the Internet since I don't know how to setup my
>>>>PCMCIA card. For now my priority is to install X Windows, the Mouse and
>>>>have some graphical interface to navigate through Linux).
>>>> Thanks for your help!
>>>>
>>>
>>>I don't know of any good documentation, but I might can give you a couple
>>>of pointers.
>>>
>>>dselect is a "front-end" to dpkg. dpkg is the real installer/uninstaller.
>>>Apt is the next generation front-end to replace dselect, but it's not
>>>quite ready for prime-time.
>>>
>>>You're right; dselect is not easy to use.
>>>
>>>In case you don't understand it, you can't use dselect to install
software
>>>unless it's pointed to a repository of that software. Accordingly, you
>>>need to use the Access option to tell dselect how to access that
software.
>>>
>>>When you choose to install from a hardrive (not yet mounted), I believe
>>>you'll be given the option to "mount" the hard drive so it can be read by
>>>the system. Then that drive has become "an already-mounted file system".
>>>
>>>Unless you've downloaded .deb files (maybe from a Windows partition, etc)
>>>to your local harddrive, these two options probably don't apply to you.
>>>
>>>However, I see that you can't use a CD or the network, so you're kind of
>>>up a tree without a paddle (or whatever the idiom is).
>>>
>>>Without the appropriate .debs, you can't install X-Windows, etc, just
like
>>>you can't install Doom or Wordperfect on a Windows machine without the
>>>appropriate installation software.
>>>
>>>You really need to get a CD working and use a Debian CD, or better
>>>yet, get your network access up. Maybe someone more knowledgeable on
>>>the list can help you with that.
>>>
>>> --
>>>Kent West
>>>kent.west@infotech.acu.edu
>>>KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails.
>>>Linux - Finally! A real OS for the Intel PC!
>>>"Life is an ongoing classroom." - Capt. James T. Kirk, "Dreadnought"
>
>I'd like to be able to help, but I'm afraid I'm too much of a newbie to
>really know how to get your PCMCIA modem working. I got mine working, but
>that was several weeks ago. So I'm CC:ing this reply to the list in hopes
>that someone else can help out.
>
>If I remember correctly, I didn't have to do anything special to get my
>PCCard modem to work. When you insert/remove your PCCard modem, do you hear
>the beep-beep indicating that a PCCard has been inserted/removed? If so,
>that's three-quarters of the battle. The rest I can probably help out with.
>
>Let us (me and the list) know, and maybe we can go from there.
>
>
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