This is what I did to install Woody using the reiserfs boot-floppies and the
broken libpcap0 dependency. Details may not be exact, nor may they be needed;
I didn't try a clean install this morning.
I had already gotten to the point where debootstrap tried and failed to install
the base system because the PPP packages wanted a non-existant libpcap0. Here
are the steps I took:
(Switch to VC 2)
host# chroot /target umount /proc
host# rm /target/etc/localtime #I'm not sure if this is necessary,
#but it complained about this file
host# cd /target/var/cache/apt/archives
host# wget
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libp/libpcap/libpcap0_0.6.2-2_i386.deb
edit /target/usr/lib/debootstrap/scripts/woody (I don't remember if you need
the leading /target) to include libpcap0 in the required= section. I removed
the ppp and pppoe packages, because I wasn't going to use them.
switch back to VC 1 and select "Install the base system" again. It will
complain that you already have stuff installed, but go ahead anyway. The
system should proceed normally from there.
Enjoy,
F. Edward Barrett
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F. Edward Barrett
Network Specialist
Traverse Area District Library
