I've been trying to install debian 2.1 but not Im not being very lucky. Last time I tried, apt/dselect downloaded all the packages needed to continue with the installation and started unpacking them but, then, I run out of space in my root partition and the installation was aborted. I copied the /var/cache/apt/archives contents to a available vfat/DOS partition hopeful I would be able to use its contents later.
OK, Im sending this message hoping that someone could tell me how I would actually use this set of .deb now that Ive re-installed debian and have 'enough space left in device'. I tried to add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list (?) 'deb file:/mnt/dos/debian/archives' that is pointing to the location of the set of .debs but it seems that apt did't like of my idea. It also seems that a certain Packages.gz file is supposed to be present in the directory were the .debs are but I dont know how to create one! I mean, I know that there is a dpkg- utility for this task but neither its man page nor its usage message were helpful to me at all. Can anyone help me here? TIA --- "I may be drunk, but in the morning I will be sober, while you will still be stupid and ugly." -Winston Churchill --==( Tiago Alves MaCambira )==- -==( UIN: 5340883 )==-- --==([EMAIL PROTECTED])==- -==( [EMAIL PROTECTED] )==-- --==( Computer Science Student @ UFC, BRAZIL )==--