Sorry for the late reply - out of office for a couple of days. The answer to all of your questions are yes. I have no doubt this CD (purchased from Linux Central) is the problem. My CD drive works fine. I am at the top level. Do you have any suggestions where to purchase a reputable CD copy? Again thanks for your help.
> -----Original Message----- > From: John Pearson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 11, 1999 3:04 AM > To: Beerwinkle DE (Dean) at MSXWHWTC > Subject: Re: Newbie needs dselect/CD help > > On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 02:57:11PM -0500, Beerwinkle DE (Dean) at > MSXWHWTC wrote > > Thanks for the reply. Been there and no go. At dselect [A], I choose > > multi-cd - After I enter top level - I get 'cant find Packages.cd' > > and then ' where is ' messages to which no path satisfies this(I have > tried > > them all !) I have never been prompted for a second CD. > > I have chosen [A] cdrom , with slight more progress until I start > getting > > same messages. Why would dselect not find these paths? > > > > Not meaning to sound repetitive, but just to confirm: > - You inserted CD # 2 in your CD drive; > - You selected 'multi-CD' under dselect's 'Access' option; > - You confirmed what device your CD drive was (e.g., /dev/cdrom); > - You were asked for the top-level directory for the CD (default is > /debian); > - Dselect said it couldn't find 'Packages.cd'. > > If that is the case, then it seems like either: > - your CDs aren't a 'real' multi-cd set; > - the top-level directory isn't what you think it is; > - your CDs and/or drive are defective. > > The top-level directory should be specified relative to the root of the > CDROM; it should be a directory that *contains* the 'dists' directory. On > the CDs I master, the top-level directory is /debian and dselect looks for > the file /debian/dists/stable/binary-i386/Packages.cd.gz (for multi-cd > access) or /debian/dists/stable/binary-i386/Packages (for most other > access > methods). If you have 'official' Debian CDs, only the last binary CD (CD > 2) > contains a Packages.cd.gz which lists files on both CDs; each CD contains > a Packages file that lists packages on that CD *only*. > > Hope this helps, > > > John P. > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything." - Bill Gates in > Denmark