Re: dselect problem - can't install stuff
On Thu, 03 Jun 1999, Erik Sandblom wrote: If you wish to use the multicd installation method, as is the default for CD-based installs, you should be careful to insert the LAST BINARY CD of your set when you start I have the 4-cd set but I put in CD 1. Did I break something in doing so? Can I fix it? Hi, I chuckled when I read this, as it's exactly what I did. I gave up at that point and used the apt access method, as my PC has a network card and Internet acess was working after the base install. I very successfully downloaded everything from the default site. However, I would very much like to know how the multi-CD install is supposed to work. There's not much documentation as yet on dselect. Regards, Barry Kauler
Re: dselect problem - can't install stuff
You wrote this: I just installed debian 2.1 slink for the first time; dselect doesn't seem to be working. Possible explanations: I didn't read the readme on the 4 CDs I have, where it says If you wish to use the multicd installation method, as is the default for CD-based installs, you should be careful to insert the LAST BINARY CD of your set when you start I have the 4-cd set but I put in CD 1. Did I break something in doing so? Can I fix it? In dselect, just select option one (Access) and choose multi-cd if it's not already chosen. Then choose option number 2 (Update) to update all the package information. All the appropriate stuff on CD 2 will now be visible in the main 'Select' screen. There's nothing stopping you installing from CD 1 and then using CD 2 after you've installed it - you just need to choose Update and everything's available. Also, when dselect gets the files from the CDs, it finishes off by saying error code 1. What does that mean? Dselect also complains that it cannot open the file, /var/lib/dpkg/methods/multicd/available You either haven't installed the multi-cd package (it's installed by default on my Cheabyte set), or you haven't chosen multi-cd in the first (Access) option in dselect. -- Kris ICQ 10537480 [EMAIL PROTECTED] checked weekly(ish) Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for quicker response (+.co.uk)
dselect problem - can't install stuff
Hello, I'm new to the list =) I just installed debian 2.1 slink for the first time; dselect doesn't seem to be working. Possible explanations: I didn't read the readme on the 4 CDs I have, where it says If you wish to use the multicd installation method, as is the default for CD-based installs, you should be careful to insert the LAST BINARY CD of your set when you start I have the 4-cd set but I put in CD 1. Did I break something in doing so? Can I fix it? Also, when dselect gets the files from the CDs, it finishes off by saying error code 1. What does that mean? Dselect also complains that it cannot open the file, /var/lib/dpkg/methods/multicd/available The file is not there, but the directory is (I checked). Many thanks for any help. Erik Sandblom http://www.artech.se/~sandblom [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.artech.se/~sandblom Homer Simpson on the Meaning of Life: It's all just a bunch of stuff that happens.
