sheri cregger wrote: > > I've been trying to install Debian on a 486 laptop > with floppies copied from the Debian site onto my > desktop computer(I have no cdrom drive on the laptop). > > Installing the base system went really well, but when > I try to use dselect to add more packages, I run into > trouble. Dselect prompts for the packages file from > the main folder at the Debian site, but that file is > too big to fit on a floppy (I think it's 1.6 megs). > > I've tried the packages.gz file and that doesn't work. > I've also tried decompressing the packages.gz file on > the laptop hard drive and getting dselect to read it > from there, but I couldn't figure out how to do it. > > I know I must be missing a really obvious solution, > but I'm stumped. I've read every applicable FAQ and > saw no reference to this problem, so maybe you guys > can help. My question is: how can I install more > packages from the floppy drive? > > Thanks, > Sheri >
If you have a modem on the laptop, I think you'll find installing via ftp/apt method in dselect to be much easier than floppy installs. I've even done this with a 2400 modem; took all night, but I didn't have to babysit it for the download so I just slept while it worked.
