Michel Loos wrote: > On Mon, 2001-12-10 at 02:37, Paul E Condon wrote: > > Michel Loos wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 2001-12-09 at 19:14, Brian Clark wrote: > > > > * Paul E Condon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Dec 09. 2001 01:25]: > > > > > > > > > > > > But I don't believe there are any install floppies yet for > > > > > > > > woody, right? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wrong: > > > > > > > ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current/ > > > > > > > > > > I just looked at this link. There are no base-x floppy images. I had > > > > > noticed > > > > > this a few days ago and thought they would soon appear. Now I wonder. > > > > > Is one > > > > > supposed to use the base-x disks from potato? (Yes, I am a newbie.) > > > > > > > > > > I think you are supposed to use the web-based base install, at least > > > that is what I usually do. > > > > > > Michel. > > > > > > > I went through the exact same thing (and I was shocked the woody > > > > base* images were not there, too). I just created the root and rescue > > > > floppy for potato, wrote the base*.tgz (for potato) and the drivers.tgz > > > > to a CD-R and installed potato. From there it's really easy to change > > > > your sources.list to point to testing and do a apt-get -u dist-upgrade > > > > (you may want to do apt-get -us dist-upgrade first to make sure > > > > everything looks OK). I didn't run into too many problems with that > > > > method. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > -Brian Clark > > > > > > > > I gathered from this exchange that exchange that there is a way of > > installing woody > > that involves the web and does not use base-x floppies. So I tried it. > > Today, it didn't seem to be confusing. But it didn't work. Here is what > > happened: > > > > 1> Pretty much like Potato install at the beginning. No problems. > > I tell it about network card and ppp. I don't recall it asking about modem. > > > > 2> Get to the place where it asks where it should go for the packages to > > install. It > > gives several options, including web. I choose web. > > > > 3> It asks how to get to the web, and gives to options: eth0 and ipddp0. > > Big problem. > > I know eth0 won't work because that connects to another Devian Linux box > > and to two > > Apple Macs. None of these have a connection to the web. > > I don't know what idppd0 is, but I select it anyway. I am lead thru a > > sequence of > > setup screens on which I make no changes; the URL looks OK ... > > .us.debian.org ... I > > don't have a proxy that I know of, so I leave "none" > > I select OK and get an error message immediately: > > > > Malformed release file > > http://http.us.debian.org:80/debian/dists/woody/Release > > > > I try several times. The modem never blinks any lights. I get only the > > above message. > > From where is it getting this release file? > > > > 4> So I fire up the existing Red Hat 6.2 (on another hard disk) and look > > for woody > > installation instructions. I find a section on web install. It is about 4 > > lines long > > and ends with the phrase " this sentence in not finished " > > > > Perhaps one can install over the web. But can one install over ppp? (and > > diald?) > > > > Did you pass through the Network configuration part after selecting the > drivers? If the network is not configured it will not work. > > Michel. > > > Paul
I think my problem was that I DID select drivers. I did select them because I know they are there and I will want to use them when/if the install happens. But, the install script ASSUMED that my access to the internet was via a route thru one of those drivers, and therefore never set up ppp. I know I was never asked for a phone number, etc. I have not checked out this theory. I have not had the time. But if it is true, it is, in my opinion, a flawed user interface. Yes, I made a mistake (maybe), but answering a question honestly should not cause an install to fail. Again, if this theory is true, an option of ppp-to-the-net should always be offered along with cdrom, fd0, nfs, etc. But maybe I don't understand. Paul