On 09-Jun-99 Kenneth Scharf wrote: >>I cannot install Debian from my Cheapbytes Slink CD >without the base >>floppies, >>but I believe I can do it from the Hamm CD, also from >Cheapbytes. > With >>the >>Slink CD, the installation stops because of an error >with the ncurses >>package. > Hmmm I did not have this problem installing on my other computer (The > install didn't go through all the way, but this was because LILO > couldn't be installed due to the way the HD was formated. I didn't see > any problem with the ncurses package. Exactly which step did you die > on. I got all the way though networking (which I skipped) then tried > to install lilo.
It starts to install (I did not select my packages but selected the custom install and then answered the questions about what I wanted to do with my system) and then quits after installing a few packages. I don't have this problem if I install from the base disks first. Also, I believe I can install ncurses manually and then continue, but I am not sure. -- Andrew
