I'm going to try another (my fifth) install tomorrow, following the steps you've posted below, and taking careful notes. The previous four installation attempts have not gone well and I've managed to end up in package dependency hell each time. Right now I have some bastardized version between potato and woody because some of the woody packages refused to install.
Stay tuned. >>>>> "Henrique" == Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Please tell me how to install Woody via internet correctly. Henrique> I've installed woody machines easily using the following Henrique> procedure (typing from memory, expect small mistakes): Henrique> 1. Install the base system using potato's boot disks; Henrique> it does the network install rather well. 2. Ask for Henrique> "advanced" package configuration, but do nothing. Exit Henrique> dselect. 2.1 apt-get update 2.2 apt-get dist-upgrade 3. Henrique> edit /etc/apt/sources.list to point to woody; run Henrique> apt-get update 3.1 apt-get install dpkg apt debconf 3.2 Henrique> apt-get install perl5 mime-support 3.3 apt-get Henrique> dist-update 4 dselect update 5 dselect, select packages Henrique> you want, install. Or you could apt-get install tasksel, Henrique> and use tasksel to select the packages you want. Or use Henrique> any of the other apt frontends in woody (aptitude, Henrique> deity-*). Henrique> 2.1, 2.2, 3.1 and 3.2 seem to smooth the potato -> woody Henrique> upgrade a lot. Mime-support in installed in 3.2 because Henrique> the postinst scripts of some packages (like lynx) seem Henrique> to work better if you have mime-support configured Henrique> before they run. -- Robert Koss, Ph.D. | Training, Mentoring, Contract Development Senior Consultant | Object Oriented Design, C++, Java www.objectmentor.com | Extreme Programming