RE: Loading packages from zip drive
I posted this message on 23 March, and received replies from Helmut
Metzdorf, Santiago Vila Doncel, Bruce Sass, and ANShevin. Thank you for you
help, all of which was useful.
This is how I solved the problem.
1. Throw away the Infomagic CD.
2. Download the base distribution from the Debian ftp site, as per Debian
installation guide.
3. Copy downloaded files from zip drive to dos partition.
4. Install base system from hard disk, as per Debian installation guide.
5. Download required packages from ftp site.
6. Install packages using dpkg -i
package-name-which-is-usually-very-long-indeed-1.23-456-7.deb
7. Repeat 5 & 6 for "required" packages not originally downloaded (d'oh).
The result is a simple, small installation with which I am very happy. I
recommend Debian for those who require a small, simple console-based
installation due to memory and disk-space limitations (or who believe in
function over form).
Well done, and thanks for the help.
Chris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Reay
> Sent: Tuesday, 23 March 1999 15:10
> To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org'
> Subject: Loading packages from zip drive
>
> I have an old-ish Toshiba laptop (486, 200 mb, no CD) onto which I have
> loaded the Debian v2.0 base system from the dos partition. I now want to
> add a few console editing, development (mostly Python and C), and utility
> packages; to this end I've copied the relevant binary-i package
> directories (and packages) from an Infomagic CDR (11/98 ish) as well as
> the files Package and Package.gz onto an Iomega zip drive, which I have
> mounted. I run through dselect and select the zip directory, select the
> packages I want, resolve (i trust) dependency issues and set it going. The
> process appears to be collecting information about the packages but
> doesn't get very far at all, and after a while finds "too many errors ..."
> and returns to the dselect menu without installing the packages. I've
> looked through the installation, faq, and tutorial documents, but haven't
> found anything helpful on the topic. Does anybody know the solution?
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris Reay
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