Debian CD Install Problems
I purchased the Debian 3.0r1 CDs from Cheapbytes recently, and have been
unable to install from them. I had a similar thing happen with the 3.0
CDs. Here's what happens:
Debian boots from the first CD, asks questions as usual, then asks for
all the CDs to scan them. It builds the list of packages and runs
dselect to allow me to choose which packages I want, which I do. At some
point it proceeds to pull the packages off the disk to install them,
which is where the trouble starts.
It doesn't automatically find where things are on the CD. Instead, it
asks me for the location of location of the top level "Packages-Master"
file. It reads the at the location I give it, and then tells me there
are no *.deb packages there. It then asks me where the *.deb files are.
Well, they're not in one location-- they're in subdirectories under the
pool subdirectory. When I give it that location, it continues to give me
problems.
I'm at a loss. The exact same thing happened with the Deb 3.0 disks, and
I can't imagine that Cheapbytes screwed up the burns the same way. There
is something about the way dselect is trying to find things-- somehow
the discs are not organized the way it thinks.
Surely someone's had this problem before and knows the answer. Help?!
Paul
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