Re: First Install
Thanks Thomas.
I am using potato and when i use filesystem i'm asked
to "Enter the dirctory the Debian mirror is located
in. Enter mirror directory". It defaults to
"/debian" and i have placed the pkgs there (on the dos
partition). Unfortunatly it then says "Mirror not
found. The directory does not exist".
I cannot mount the dos partition prior to this as on
reboot, after first install of the Debian Linux files
from the dos partition, it automaticly runs this
Debian configuration sequence.
Any further ideas?
Thanks again. Ian.
--- Thomas Guettler <guettli@interface-business.de>
wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 04:41:27PM -0700, ian
> mckerrow wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I'm a newbie who's constantly getting tripped up
> by MS
> > baggage. I recently installed slink from CD onto
> a
> > amarda 4160T laptop as a trial and it all worked
> (up
> > to a point). I read docs which indicated the
> pcmcia
> > works better under potato so with false confidence
> I
> > decided to install it from the web. I downloaded
> the
> > files from debian.org to a dos partition. I have
> also
> > dowloaded selected packages, keeping the file
> > structure, also to the dos partition. When I boot
> to
> > Linux I'm fine until 'Apt Configuration'. I have
> 5
> > choices, CD (not auto detected), filesystem, http,
> ftp
> > & eit sources by hand. It asks me to enter the
> > mirror directory. Slink had an auto detect which
> > worked but I can't figure out the the keystrokes
> for
> > the dos partition.
>
> Mount your dos-partition (man mount).
> Then use "filesystem". HTH
> BTW, if you are doing a new installation, I would
> use potato. It is stable since some weeks.
>
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