-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Hencke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Date: 14 May 1999 17:14 Subject: simple newbie question
>I'm just getting Debian up and running, as my first Linux system. > >The install and initial boot process went well; now I'm trying to load >additional packages. Dselect tells me that I am missing: >/var/lib/dpkg/methods/mnt/Packages when I try to load additional debian >packages. I'm sure this is simple to fix, I just don't know how to fix it. > >Andy Hencke >MCIWorldcom >NSO, Project Manager, Galileo >office .............. (303)217-4130 >internal ........... v. 625-4130 >pager ............. (800)pageMCI pin 1404847 > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > I found that using the 4 CD "Official" distribution I had to answer "none" to the prompts for the "non-US", "non-free" and "Local" packages location in order to get it to install. Hope this helps Paul Walton Cambridge U.K.