On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 06:16:33PM +0000, Scalar wrote: > The debian CD FAQ at http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/ suggests this for > installing on "many interconnected computers", but the FAQ does not say > exactly how to go about doing it.
Ah, I should probably fix that. > Can I simply make a debian/ directory, and just copy them all into the > same tree, saying "yes" to any overwrite warnings? Or will this screw up > the package information? It is possible to copy all the data into one dir and then use the apt-ftparchive utility from the apt-utils package to create the correct Packages file - but in your case, I wouldn't bother. If you copy each CD's contents to a separate directory, made available e.g. as <ftp://1.2.3.4/cd1/>, <ftp://1.2.3.4/cd2/> etc, then add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb ftp://1.2.3.4/cd1/ stable main contrib deb ftp://1.2.3.4/cd2/ stable main contrib etc. Having done that, run "dselect update". On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 05:52:47AM +0000, Scalar wrote: > For some reason the laptop is unable to use the modem at a serial line > speed in excess of 19200 baud. Any higher and the modem returns random > garbage, while it works just fine under Win98. I assume a laptop config > problem at this point. Maybe check the serial IRQ settings on the laptop. Cheers, Richard -- __ _ |_) /| Richard Atterer | CS student at the Technische | GnuPG key: | \/¯| http://atterer.net | Universität München, Germany | 0x888354F7 ¯ '` ¯
