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Re: more net install



On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Ron Stordahl wrote:

> : > different things.
> :
> : Do that before running apt
> :

Oh woops, that was supposed to read 'do that before running dselect' :>

> the apt step after doing all I can from the CD.  The apt step is very useful
> as it updates anything which is old from the CD's and perhaps adds new
> things which are not on the CD, all while saving me hours and hours of
> download time if I were to do 100% network install.  Its a very good
> combination!

You can get APT 0.3.11.1 from http://www.debian.org/~jgg/ which has
native support for CD-ROMS, run the apt-cdrom tool and you can combine the
CD with the downloading with preference given to the CD.

Jason


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