Re: dselect error message

[aphro <nate@firetrail.com>]

i read a while back(year?) that the multicd support in dselect was rather
broken(i've never had a reason to use it) try using plain cdrom as the
access point rather the multicd

nate

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On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Jeff French wrote:

> Attempting install of slink
> AMD K-5 PR-166, 49152K ram
> Install media on CD
> 
> After [I]nstall begins, a message appears on screen:
> ...
> Scanning available packages...Cannot open /var/lib/dpkg
> /methods/multicd/available: No such file or directory.
> 
> installation script returned error exit status 1.
> ...
> 
> What does this mean? How do I overcome this problem?
> Thanks for your help,
> 
> Jeff French, frenche@telalink.net
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