I'm pretty much now at the give-up point in trying to install debian. This is indeed a very hard thing for me to do, since I used to install 68k bsd systems manually (building scripts to mknod all the devices and such).
I have now downloaded the ENTIRE debian tree, hoping that would help, but all I've done is waste download time. If I select "update" and then try to install, it looks for dpkg-perl part 1 and then fails when it can't find it (it says "I am looking for version of dpkg-perl" - i.e. there is something seriously screwy with the script). If I don't select update, it installs a bunch of the programs that were selected, but it fails in the configuration phase of a bunch of them (this happens even when I select a basic setup such as workstation-std in the quick-select program). This is now my 6th attempt at installing debian. I have so far not made it past the dselect phase even once. All I want to do is install a base system with tcp-ip and ipx networking, dhcpcd, X, and a basic window manager, so that I can go and get the latest kde, run some kind of GUI package manager, and then install any other things as I need them. I have no need for sendmail, ftpd, httpd, emacs, tex, and just about 98% of the other stuff that seems to get installed anytime you select anything besides the base install. Is there any way I can do this with Debian, or should I be seeking a different distribution? ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
