RE: Newbie needs dselect/CD help
Sorry for the late reply - out of office for a couple of days. The answer to
all of your questions are yes. I have no doubt
this CD (purchased from Linux Central) is the problem. My CD drive works
fine. I am at the top level. Do you have any
suggestions where to purchase a reputable CD copy? Again thanks for your
help.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Pearson [SMTP:john@huiac.apana.org.au]
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 1999 3:04 AM
> To: Beerwinkle DE (Dean) at MSXWHWTC
> Subject: Re: Newbie needs dselect/CD help
>
> On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 02:57:11PM -0500, Beerwinkle DE (Dean) at
> MSXWHWTC wrote
> > Thanks for the reply. Been there and no go. At dselect [A], I choose
> > multi-cd - After I enter top level - I get 'cant find Packages.cd'
> > and then ' where is ' messages to which no path satisfies this(I have
> tried
> > them all !) I have never been prompted for a second CD.
> > I have chosen [A] cdrom , with slight more progress until I start
> getting
> > same messages. Why would dselect not find these paths?
> >
>
> Not meaning to sound repetitive, but just to confirm:
> - You inserted CD # 2 in your CD drive;
> - You selected 'multi-CD' under dselect's 'Access' option;
> - You confirmed what device your CD drive was (e.g., /dev/cdrom);
> - You were asked for the top-level directory for the CD (default is
> /debian);
> - Dselect said it couldn't find 'Packages.cd'.
>
> If that is the case, then it seems like either:
> - your CDs aren't a 'real' multi-cd set;
> - the top-level directory isn't what you think it is;
> - your CDs and/or drive are defective.
>
> The top-level directory should be specified relative to the root of the
> CDROM; it should be a directory that *contains* the 'dists' directory. On
> the CDs I master, the top-level directory is /debian and dselect looks for
> the file /debian/dists/stable/binary-i386/Packages.cd.gz (for multi-cd
> access) or /debian/dists/stable/binary-i386/Packages (for most other
> access
> methods). If you have 'official' Debian CDs, only the last binary CD (CD
> 2)
> contains a Packages.cd.gz which lists files on both CDs; each CD contains
> a Packages file that lists packages on that CD *only*.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
>
> John P.
> --
> huiac@camtech.net.au
> john@huiac.apana.org.au
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