On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:30:00 -0500, Douglas A. Tutty in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 01:57:12PM -0500, S.D.Allen wrote: >> On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:23:16 +0530, Srinivasa Ramanujam in >> gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: >> > >> > i've downloaded four debian iso installers from debian http website, and >> > wrote them in four dvd's. however, the installation got completed with the >> > first dvd itself, and i couldn't install the softwares which are written in >> > second and rest dvd's as debian says the dvd is empty. this is not true >> > because i can check the contents of the dvd in some other computer, and the >> > dvd player in the computer in which i am trying to install is working >> > properly as i used it to install the debian in the first case. how can i >> > install the remaining softwares which are offered in second, third and >> > fourth dvd? >> >> One only needs the net install image and everything else can be installed >> over the Internet. That is the way I do my installs. >> > > Sure, but if you have the debs on local media, its a lot faster; > especially if you're on dial-up.
Well, the OP does say "i've downloaded four debian iso installers from debian http website". I don't imagine the OP did that over dial-up; but I could be wrong assuming that. In any event I forgot about being able to add the media to apt. 8D -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
