John Hoffmann wrote: > > This may sound like a really dumb question and the answer is probably > stored somewhere in a maze of 2meg readme files, but why are all the > packages files in the msdos-i386 only 1k? Are these the files I need > to download to install these packages???? How can all the X-Windows > files be 1k for debian but up to 5 megs for Slackware? The > installation guide says that they are links to the Debian archives, > but as a Linux newbie I'm just curious? I am downloading the > installation disks now, and would like to install it right away!! I > just installed Slackware 3.0, but XFree 3.1.2 doesn't support my ATI > 3D Rage chip, and Linux 1.2.14 doesn't support XFree86 3.2, so since I > heard that Debian came with XFree86 3.2, I thought I'd give it a try? > > Please help this poor college student who has been misguided by the > world of Windoze 95 :) > > John Hoffmann > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WEB Site: http://mail.compmore.net/~goto > Phone: (613) 599-1071 or (613) 591-3387 > Address: 960 Teron Road Apt #315, Kanata, Ontario, K2K 2B6
I don't know what the msdos-i386 dir contains, but you don't want it. How are you trying to install Debian? Start by getting the 6 install disks and then use dselect. dselect will get the rest of the packages you need via ftp. -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
