sohel wrote: >Hi, > >I am new to this list. I just installed a base debian linux on my >machine. Now i would like to add different softwares/packages. What >would be procedure to go about it??
Become root; then use dselect. Take time to read the help screens - the interface is not intuitive. > Also how can i mount my cdrom so >that i can copy these packages? The mount command only shows /dev/hdb1 >and proc. Debian is installed on a primary slave disk(/dev/hdb1). Do i >nned to load some type of drivers for the cdrom? It is detected as Atapi >cdrom at boot time(hdc..its on secondary controller as the secondary >master). I would appreciate any help on this. You can mount your CD thus: `mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /cdrom' (/cdrom must already exist; if it doesn't: `mkdir /cdrom') The CD's contents are visible under /cdrom. You do not need to mount the CD to use it with dselect; choose the CD installation method and dselect will mount it for itself. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]