[techtalk] debian dselect headache...

[Weilbacher, Katie, CON, OASD(HA)/TMA]

*woo* i figured it out! :) i was mounting the cdrom drive wrong all along...
lol

katie



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Weilbacher, Katie, CON, OASD(HA)/TMA
> [mailto:Katie.Weilbacher at tma.osd.mil]
> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 1:30 PM
> To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
> Subject: [techtalk] debian dselect headache...
> 
> 
> <pulling hair out>
> 
> hey ya'll... i'm currently installing debian on a laptop (a 
> dell latitude
> xpi cd, a cheapy i got off ebay) and the install is done, but 
> i'm trying to
> use dselect to install the packages... and its making me insane!
> 
> i entered the cdrom directory under "access" but then when i 
> try to "update"
> i get:
> 
> 	ERROR unable to find < directory i entered that is correct >
> packages.gz 
> 	No such file or directory.
> 	Update available list script returned error exit status 1.
> 	...
> 	Press RETURN to continue.
> 
> does anyone have a CLUE what i'm doing wrong here? i'm trying 
> to get the
> packages off a cd. could this be causing a problem? the cd 
> wasn't bootable
> for the install & i had to use a boot diskette to get THAT to work. 
> 
> i'm coming from a RH background, and this is my first experience with
> Debian.. i wouldn't think mounting cds would be any different 
> (or if that
> would even affect it), but if anyone has a clue, please lemme 
> know!! :)
> 
> thanks a bunch!
> 
> katie
> 
> 
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