I had this problem with a laptop (no CD ROM drive , no network) and solved it by using the ftp option in dselect. You just have to be careful to state the correct path if you're using a mirror site. Just set up your isp details using pppconfig, then pon yourprovidername start dselect and choose option 1 (access method), answer all the questions and way you go. Regards, Stephen Lavelle Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. ~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~ 110 Heales Road, Lara, Geelong, Australia 3212 Tel:++(03)52742232 Fax:++(03)52742350 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Patrice Bertrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Date: Thursday, 10 December 1998 10:47 Subject: Re: dselect-help!!!!!!!
>At 02:19 PM 12/9/1998 -0500, you wrote: >>Thanks for this material.... I understand that the best thing for me is to >>have access to the Internet and download all the files i need. It means I >>have to make my PCMCIA card work... I have no idea how to do it. I thought >>it was done through the installation process... What do I have to do >>exactly? >>My computer is a laptop (Winbook) with a standard PCMCIA card modem. >>Everything works when I use Windows 95 (which is installed on a different >>and removable HDD). My Linux partitions are : >> dev/hda1 boot >> dev/hda2 swap >> dev/hda3 usr >> dev/hda4 home >> >>What do I have to do to make my modem work? If you don't mind, can you >>describe all the steps >>(something like : to write a letter you need : 1)a sheet of paper 2)a >>pencil 3)you have to take the pencil in your right - or left hand - hand >>4)Don't hold the pencil upside down, etc...) >>Thanks. If you dont' have time, dont' bother. PB >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: Patrice Bertrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>; >>recipient.list.not.shown : ; <recipient.list.not.shown : ;> >>Date: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 3:03 AM >>Subject: Re: dselect-help!!!!!!! >> >> >>>On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Patrice Bertrand wrote: >>> >>>> I have installed Linux on my laptop and i have now to use 'dselect' >>>> to install X and others packages. Problem : i can't find my way and >>>>i'm stuck with dselect from the beginning. I've downloaded the file >>>>'Dselect documentation for beginners' from debian.org but it's not >>>>very helpful. (e.g. : when I go to select i can't understand anything >>>>from the different menus and the differents options. For instance, >>>>what's the difference between 'Install from a hard disk partition >>>>partion (NOT YET MOUNTED)' and 'Install from a filesystem which is >>>>already mounted'. Which one should I pick up since i've just installed >>>>Debian from floppies?) >>>> Basically, I'm looking for : >>>> - a manual which explains carefully and with examples what to do >>>>when using dselect. >>>> - if this is not available, is it possible to have a few >>>>directions about how to install X Windows with dselect, notably the very >>>>first steps -something in plain english for idiots or retardos. (What i >>>>have now on my lap-top computer is plain Linux. I can't use a CD ROM and >>>>can't yet get access to the Internet since I don't know how to setup my >>>>PCMCIA card. For now my priority is to install X Windows, the Mouse and >>>>have some graphical interface to navigate through Linux). >>>> Thanks for your help! >>>> >>> >>>I don't know of any good documentation, but I might can give you a couple >>>of pointers. >>> >>>dselect is a "front-end" to dpkg. dpkg is the real installer/uninstaller. >>>Apt is the next generation front-end to replace dselect, but it's not >>>quite ready for prime-time. >>> >>>You're right; dselect is not easy to use. >>> >>>In case you don't understand it, you can't use dselect to install software >>>unless it's pointed to a repository of that software. Accordingly, you >>>need to use the Access option to tell dselect how to access that software. >>> >>>When you choose to install from a hardrive (not yet mounted), I believe >>>you'll be given the option to "mount" the hard drive so it can be read by >>>the system. Then that drive has become "an already-mounted file system". >>> >>>Unless you've downloaded .deb files (maybe from a Windows partition, etc) >>>to your local harddrive, these two options probably don't apply to you. >>> >>>However, I see that you can't use a CD or the network, so you're kind of >>>up a tree without a paddle (or whatever the idiom is). >>> >>>Without the appropriate .debs, you can't install X-Windows, etc, just like >>>you can't install Doom or Wordperfect on a Windows machine without the >>>appropriate installation software. >>> >>>You really need to get a CD working and use a Debian CD, or better >>>yet, get your network access up. Maybe someone more knowledgeable on >>>the list can help you with that. >>> >>> -- >>>Kent West >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails. >>>Linux - Finally! A real OS for the Intel PC! >>>"Life is an ongoing classroom." - Capt. James T. Kirk, "Dreadnought" > >I'd like to be able to help, but I'm afraid I'm too much of a newbie to >really know how to get your PCMCIA modem working. I got mine working, but >that was several weeks ago. So I'm CC:ing this reply to the list in hopes >that someone else can help out. > >If I remember correctly, I didn't have to do anything special to get my >PCCard modem to work. When you insert/remove your PCCard modem, do you hear >the beep-beep indicating that a PCCard has been inserted/removed? If so, >that's three-quarters of the battle. The rest I can probably help out with. > >Let us (me and the list) know, and maybe we can go from there. > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >