i read a while back(year?) that the multicd support in dselect was rather broken(i've never had a reason to use it) try using plain cdrom as the access point rather the multicd
nate ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Linux System Administrator http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Jeff French wrote: > Attempting install of slink > AMD K-5 PR-166, 49152K ram > Install media on CD > > After [I]nstall begins, a message appears on screen: > ... > Scanning available packages...Cannot open /var/lib/dpkg > /methods/multicd/available: No such file or directory. > > installation script returned error exit status 1. > ... > > What does this mean? How do I overcome this problem? > Thanks for your help, > > Jeff French, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is a link to Eric S. Raymond's > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Reading-List-HOWTO.html > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >