Re: befuddled

[Bruce Sass <bsass@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>]

Hi,

Because of size issues,
lots of stuff is not included in the boot-floppies distribution.
You need to install the following packages:
	man-db			- not included in the base system <shrug>
	manpages		- general system man pages
	kernel-source-2.2.15	- you'll need to unpack the resulting
				  archive (in /usr/src) manually
	kernel-package		- automates most of a kernel compile and
				  gives you a kernel-image*.deb file 
				  when the bits settle
	gcc +			- C compiler and the stuff it depends on
	libncurses5-dev		- if you want to use "make menuconfig"

Everything else you need should be picked up by the dependencies in the
packages mentioned.


- Bruce

-- 
On Fri, 26 May 2000, Michael Skipper wrote:

> I've installed potato (kernel 2.2.15) on
> my thinkpad from the install floppies, but
> some things seem wrong. I am a rank amateur
> which doesn't help, but (for instance) it
> seems as though I should see some kind of
> kernel (symlink or otherwise) at 
> 
> /usr/src
> 
> but this directory is empty (save for . and ..)
> 
> Also, the man command is not found, as in:
> 
> XXXXX:~# man hwclock ----> bash: man: command not found
> 
> sorry to bother this list, but I'm lost and
> help seems elusive. Most books/sites recommend
> (re)building the kernel as a useful and profitable
> thing to do early on, but some real basic 
> functionality seems missing from this install
> 
> this is the 16 floppy potato (rescue, root-bin,
> drivers1-3 and base1-11). 
> 
> Any suggestions are welcome
> TIA
> Mike