SV: SV: A little further: Short newbie question

[vw@geus.DK]

I don't have an isp for the computer (silly, I know), and I have already
installed the base system, which seems to be in fine working order. What I
did was to swap the hd into a WinNT box (on my LAN w/ 100Mbit connection at
work) and download the lot to that, but I somehow managed to loose the
directories along the way. I'll try doing another download and remember to
reformat the dos-partition to vfat to allow long names.
Thanks again for all the help; I'm slowly beginning to understand...
Regards
Vitux


Error is human; complete disaster takes a computer

> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra:	Kent West [SMTP:westk@nicanor.acu.edu]
> Sendt:	8. juni 1999 23:32
> Til:	Wichmann, Viggo
> Cc:	debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Emne:	Re: SV: A little further: Short newbie question
> 
> vw@geus.DK wrote:
> 
> > Thanks a tremendous lot for all the help. It really helps keeping my
> spirit
> > up as a newbie.
> > I managed to mount the dos partition allright, but it seems like dselect
> > wants an exact copy of the ftp-site, which is a problem since I can't
> make
> > the directory "binary-i386" with only 8 characters allowed in dos.
> > Seems like I'm gonna have to borrow a cd-drive off of somebody and try
> to do
> > the installation from there, alternatively (re)install the winbastard in
> the
> > dos-partition to be able to use longer names. Damn.
> > Anyone got any brilliant ideas for a (masochist?!) newbie?!
> > Regards
> > Vitux
> >
> > Error is human; complete disaster takes a computer...
> 
> You can download the base install to floppies (7 or 10 or so) and install
> the base.
> That will get you a minimal system that is capable of dialing into your
> ISP, at which
> time you can configure dselect to use ftp or the apt method. Then whenever
> you
> install a package you'll get the most recent stable release (or unstable
> if you so
> specify) by downloading at install time. On a slow dial-up link, it takes
> some time,
> but it sure is easy. Be aware that if you want to re-use the downloaded
> files, you
> may have to do some finagling, because I believe the apt method
> automatically deletes
> the deb files after they've been installed.
> 
> 
>