Re: Network install
On Fri 30 Jan 2015 at 15:38:56 +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> I did more tests to the problem. The situation is the following.
>
> From:
>
> http://www.us.debian.org/CD/netinst/
>
> I downloaded the file debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso. Now I have two
> possibilities:
>
> 1) I burn that file onto CD-ROM and install Debian on PC using that CD-ROM.
> After the base installation, I do: `aptitude install ppp', the system asks
> to insert te CD-ROM, installs ppp and, from that moment, I can connect to
> internet and download the remaining packages. The system is born, it lives
> its own life. Everything is all right.
By "install Debian" do you mean you go all the way through the installer
menu and then finish the install by booting into the new system? If so,
there is an easy solution to your particular problem.
I ask because of your use of the term "base installation" and the
reference to using aptitude.
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