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- <li><em>date</em>: Mon Feb 23 11:37:30 2004</li>
- <li><em>from</em>: PBoyington at polyengineering.com (Preston Boyington)</li>
- <li><em>subject</em>: [ale] Debian. Grr.</li>
if you are patient with your dialup connection you can install debian over it just fine. you can even stop apt (ctrl+c) and resume later if need be (re-run the apt-get command you stopped).
*sigh* i have my setup notes at home but can email them to you if need be.
like most have said, just do a base install and get your modem/network connection working. then apt-get install everything else.
--
preston
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Knapka [<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:jknapka";>mailto:jknapka</a> at kneuro.net]
> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 2:52 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Debian. Grr.
>
>
> Hi Bjorn,
>
> I'm going to try your recipe and see if I get any joy.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Joe
>
> Bjorn Dittmer-Roche <bjorn at sccs.swarthmore.edu> writes:
>
> > On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Joe Knapka wrote:
> >
> > > I'm trying once again to install Debian. My last attempt
> was in maybe
> > > '98 or so, and ended in frustration before I even got the
> machine to
> > > boot. This attempt is on the verge of ending in
> frustration, though
> > > the machine *has* booted a minimal Debian system from the HD.
> > >
> > > The main problem I'm having is that "tasksel" and
> "dselect" seem to be
> > > user-unfriendly in the extreme. So far I have not gotten "apt" to
> > > install *anything* but the minimal system. I boot the machine, run
> >
> >
> > okay, the simple reason for that is that dselect sucks. You
> should avoid
> > it.
> >
> > If your machine boots, I think you are done with
> base-config, but even if
> > not, my advice is this: skip doing any software installation from
> > base-config if it forces you to use dselect, because, as I
> mentioned,
> > dselect sucks. Instead, install by hand using apt-get later, because
> > apt-get rocks. Here's how:
> >
> > 1. edit your /etc/apt/sources.list to point to the
> internet, not the CD's.
> > If you don't know how to do this, I'm sure someone on the
> list will offer
> > you their file. (The one I use is on my laptop which is off
> right now.)
> > You can probably skip this if you really want to do your
> initial install
> > from CD's, but you should check your /etc/apt/sources.list
> file to make
> > sure it includes all your CDs.
> >
> > 2. run
> > # apt-get update
> > You will have to swap each CD in, but that should be the
> end of that until
> > you do the actual install.
> >
> > 3. use
> > # apt-cache search WHATEVER
> > to figure out the package names of the software you want.
> >
> > 4. run
> > # apt-get install package1 package2 ....
> > to install the stuff you want. dependencies are handled
> automatically. If
> > you're doing a CD install, you shouldn't have to swap a CD
> in and out more
> > than once.
> >
> > 5. After editing your sources file to point to the
> internet, routinely run
> > # apt-get update
> > # apt-get -u upgrade
> > to keep your system up to date.
> >
> > Finally, if all else fails, you can use knoppix as a debian
> installer
> > (although I *THINK* that forces you into unstable, which is a major
> > bummer. Anyone know if you can use it to install into
> stable or testing?
> > that would rock.)
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > bjorn
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> >
>
> --
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> Someday we will hunt him down and chop him up and eat him!
> -- Annze, age 7
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