Stephen Powell wrote:
I would assume it's like etch. I installed etch from a netinstall, using the Internet as you say, and then was extremely surprised to find that afterwards not only was there no Internet access, there wasn't a trace of networking installed. No scripts, no interfaces file etc.On 2010-01-24 at 15:53:03 -0500, John Williams wrote:Hello, this is my first post to the list. I have installed the Debian Lenny base system using a net install iso but without access to the internet. Now I have internet access and want to continue the installation to add a "productivity" group of application software. I could start from scratch again but wanted to avoid that to save some bandwidth. Is it possible?John.Don't ask me how you installed Debian from a "net install iso" without access to the internet. I don't see how that's possible. But anyway, issue the command "tasksel" to continue the installation. If you want to install an individual package or a list of packages, use "aptitude".
Further experience showed me that unless: a) there's a local DHCP server running, or b) you asked for the expert installation modeyou don't get any networking. In my innocence, I reported this lack of networking as a bug, and was tersely told that it wasn't. Yes, I know *now*, but it didn't occur to me that 'expert mode' was necessary for a routine installation. I do have a local DHCP server running now, but didn't then.
-- Joe