Got it! Thanks. Now if only I could figure out how I ended up without termwrap.
> >----- Original Message ----- > >From: John Galt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Philippe Clérié <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Cc: Debian User List <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > >Sent: Saturday, 9 June, 2001 16:18 > >Subject: Re: Installation problems > > > > > >> > >> I ran across this problem a while ago. What is happening is you > >have the > >> degenerate boot-floppies inittab. If you're comfortable enough > >with > > > > Care to elaborate on that? Are you saying that the boot-floppies > >are changed during the installation?? > > No, boot-floppies puts in a fake inittab that runs first dpkg-reconfigure > base-config then the dselect or tasksel thing (where it asks you if you > want to use the simple or advanced methods) on tty1. If you can do this > by hand, there's no real reason to deal with it, so just junk the fake > inittab then go on. But this is seriously heavy duty stuff. The reason > I was comfortable with it is I gave up on dselect long before tasksel was > an option, so I've been hand configuring initial setups for years now. > Basically, it's possible to get your system set up from the point you're > at, but it may just about be easier to re-set up your system with newer > boot-floppies. > > >
