I have been running a Slackware distribution for over 3 years, and recently (with the purchase of a Sony laptop) decided to give Debian a try. I ordered the Debian 2.1 2 CD set from Linux Mall and received them today.
I got through all the initial installation stuff with no problem, and then it came time to "Select and Install Profiles".... I chose to create a custom profile by selecting a number of the tasks...X, graphics, C devel, etc. Then it dumped me into dselect and I went through the Access, Update and Install. Note I was never successful at specifying a multiple CD set (for Access). It would keep giving me the following error: /var/lib/dpkg/methods/multicd/available: file or directory not found. Then I backed up and used the single CD option (twice! - I did not know which CD to start with). Each time during the Install step it would say 'Skipping deselected package: *' hundreds of times and nothing seemed to get installed. It was as if the whole Profile step was totally ignored. I have the following questions: - Has anyone been successful with the LinuxMall CD's? If so, how did you get it to work. - Has anyone ever been able to get back to the Menu that asks you about an initial profile without having to restart the entire installation process over? Thanks in advance, scott -- Scott McMillan mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cambridge Research Associates http://www.cambridge.com 1430 Spring Hill Road, Ste. 200 Voice: (703) 790-0505 x7235 McLean, VA 22102 Fax: (703) 790-0370
