Re: installation prob
sheri cregger wrote:
>
> I've been trying to install Debian on a 486 laptop
> with floppies copied from the Debian site onto my
> desktop computer(I have no cdrom drive on the laptop).
>
> Installing the base system went really well, but when
> I try to use dselect to add more packages, I run into
> trouble. Dselect prompts for the packages file from
> the main folder at the Debian site, but that file is
> too big to fit on a floppy (I think it's 1.6 megs).
>
> I've tried the packages.gz file and that doesn't work.
> I've also tried decompressing the packages.gz file on
> the laptop hard drive and getting dselect to read it
> from there, but I couldn't figure out how to do it.
>
> I know I must be missing a really obvious solution,
> but I'm stumped. I've read every applicable FAQ and
> saw no reference to this problem, so maybe you guys
> can help. My question is: how can I install more
> packages from the floppy drive?
>
> Thanks,
> Sheri
>
If you have a modem on the laptop, I think you'll find installing via
ftp/apt method in dselect to be much easier than floppy installs. I've
even done this with a 2400 modem; took all night, but I didn't have to
babysit it for the download so I just slept while it worked.
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