Re: How can i install woody?
On Mon, 2001-12-10 at 02:37, Paul E Condon wrote:
> Michel Loos wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 2001-12-09 at 19:14, Brian Clark wrote:
> > > * Paul E Condon (pecondon@quiknet.com) [Dec 09. 2001 01:25]:
> > >
> > > > > > > But I don't believe there are any install floppies yet for woody, right?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Wrong: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current/
> > > >
> > > > I just looked at this link. There are no base-x floppy images. I had noticed
> > > > this a few days ago and thought they would soon appear. Now I wonder. Is one
> > > > supposed to use the base-x disks from potato? (Yes, I am a newbie.)
> > >
> >
> > I think you are supposed to use the web-based base install, at least
> > that is what I usually do.
> >
> > Michel.
> >
> > > I went through the exact same thing (and I was shocked the woody
> > > base* images were not there, too). I just created the root and rescue
> > > floppy for potato, wrote the base*.tgz (for potato) and the drivers.tgz
> > > to a CD-R and installed potato. From there it's really easy to change
> > > your sources.list to point to testing and do a apt-get -u dist-upgrade
> > > (you may want to do apt-get -us dist-upgrade first to make sure
> > > everything looks OK). I didn't run into too many problems with that
> > > method.
> > >
> > > --
> > > -Brian Clark
> > >
>
> I gathered from this exchange that exchange that there is a way of installing woody
> that involves the web and does not use base-x floppies. So I tried it.
> Today, it didn't seem to be confusing. But it didn't work. Here is what happened:
>
> 1> Pretty much like Potato install at the beginning. No problems.
> I tell it about network card and ppp. I don't recall it asking about modem.
>
> 2> Get to the place where it asks where it should go for the packages to install. It
> gives several options, including web. I choose web.
>
> 3> It asks how to get to the web, and gives to options: eth0 and ipddp0.
> Big problem.
> I know eth0 won't work because that connects to another Devian Linux box and to two
> Apple Macs. None of these have a connection to the web.
> I don't know what idppd0 is, but I select it anyway. I am lead thru a sequence of
> setup screens on which I make no changes; the URL looks OK ... .us.debian.org ... I
> don't have a proxy that I know of, so I leave "none"
> I select OK and get an error message immediately:
>
> Malformed release file
> http://http.us.debian.org:80/debian/dists/woody/Release
>
> I try several times. The modem never blinks any lights. I get only the above message.
> From where is it getting this release file?
>
> 4> So I fire up the existing Red Hat 6.2 (on another hard disk) and look for woody
> installation instructions. I find a section on web install. It is about 4 lines long
> and ends with the phrase " this sentence in not finished "
>
> Perhaps one can install over the web. But can one install over ppp? (and diald?)
>
Did you pass through the Network configuration part after selecting the
drivers? If the network is not configured it will not work.
Michel.
> Paul
>
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