Allen Wong wrote: > > Is it safe to say that this is not because of my own stupidity? I > checked the files in the CD against the files on a Debian FTP site and > the version numbers match. Yet, dselect keeps telling me that netbase > and a few other packages are not the right version. I ignore it and > tell it to install anyway, but it kicks out an "Error 1", I think, > something about some script not being there. I then press <return> and > I am sent back to the main menu. Ordinarily, I buy from LSL. Are their > Debian CDs better? I bought from Cheapbytes this time because I wanted > to try Stampede Linux too. >
That's strange. I'm not very familiar with the ins and outs of dselect. Just a thought: I looked up netbase and saw that it's in the base utilities. Maybe someone else will chime in here if I'm wrong, but I am thinking that this set of packages is installed after you set up your partitions and before you reboot to run dselect (Is this correct? --anyone?). Maybe you can make some install floppies and install the base system from them, then when you reboot and run dselect install from the cd-rom. See http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html#s-install-all-from-floppies for info on doing this. I used to buy from LSL too, but they seemed too expensive to me (with shipping and everything). They also dropped their My Debian products (or I just can't find them) which you could pick and choose from. -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
