On Fri, 04 Apr 2003 12:46:50 +0200 Pavel Tavoda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm new to Debian. I'm long time (around 6 years) RedHat/Slackware > user. I'm very unsatisfied with release 9 of RedHat and I decided to try > out some new maybe more actual distribution. > > Yesterday I download all images of Debian 'sarge' distribution and tryed > to install it on my laptop from CDs. I burned sarge-i386-1.iso inserted > to CD-ROM and boot via 'cdrom' after some questions about level ... I > got 3 item menu: > 1: .. mount CDROM ... > 2: exit installation > 3: start shell Get another CD. :) I have not been able to install Sarge on any computer -- mine or anyone else's. Better is to install Sarge from a Woody CD. (I'm guessing you have a good fast network connection.) Here is one place to get Woody r1 (get only the first CD): http://ftp.linuxarkivet.nu/pub/iso/debian/3.0_r1/i386/ At the "boot:" prompt type "bf24" to install with a 2.4 kernel. Make sure you configure the network and your connection works. When you are asked how you want to get packages to install, say http, and choose a mirror from the list you'll be given. Do not select "security updates from stable". Do not install any tasks from tasksel; do not run dselect at all. After your installation is complete, edit /etc/apt/sources.list and change each occurrence of "stable" to "testing". Do "apt-get update" followed by "apt-get install apt dpkg debconf tasksel aptitude". Then do "apt-get dist-upgrade". When this finishes you should have a basic Sarge system; you can run "tasksel" to choose major groups of packages to install. Run "aptitude" to go down the list of available packages and choose the exact packages you want. Kevin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
