Re: Installation problems
Got it! Thanks. Now if only I could figure out how I ended up
without termwrap.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu>
> >To: Philippe Clérié <philippe@gcal.net>
> >Cc: Debian User List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> >Sent: Saturday, 9 June, 2001 16:18
> >Subject: Re: Installation problems
> >
> >
> >>
> >> I ran across this problem a while ago. What is happening is
you
> >have the
> >> degenerate boot-floppies inittab. If you're comfortable enough
> >with
> >
> > Care to elaborate on that? Are you saying that the
boot-floppies
> >are changed during the installation??
>
> No, boot-floppies puts in a fake inittab that runs first
dpkg-reconfigure
> base-config then the dselect or tasksel thing (where it asks you
if you
> want to use the simple or advanced methods) on tty1. If you can
do this
> by hand, there's no real reason to deal with it, so just junk the
fake
> inittab then go on. But this is seriously heavy duty stuff. The
reason
> I was comfortable with it is I gave up on dselect long before
tasksel was
> an option, so I've been hand configuring initial setups for years
now.
> Basically, it's possible to get your system set up from the point
you're
> at, but it may just about be easier to re-set up your system with
newer
> boot-floppies.
>
> >
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