Thanks Henrique! I will try your method. -- Stephen Jiang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
----- Original Message ----- From: "Henrique de Moraes Holschuh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stephen Jiang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 11:17 PM Subject: Re: Where can I fine "basedebs.tgz" file for Woody > On Sun, 05 Aug 2001, Stephen Jiang wrote: > > Hi, I have tried to install Woody via internet. When up > > to "Install the Base System" part, it asked an address > > so that it can get a "basedebs.tgz" or a "Release" file. > > > > So, I typed it as below: > > http://ftp.dists/testing/main/binary-i386/ > > in fact, I have tried different sites but it does not work. > > That installer is broken, it will not do what you want (unfortunately). > > > Please tell me how to install Woody via internet correctly. > > I've installed woody machines easily using the following procedure (typing > from memory, expect small mistakes): > > 1. Install the base system using potato's boot disks; it does the network > install rather well. > 2. Ask for "advanced" package configuration, but do nothing. Exit dselect. > 2.1 apt-get update > 2.2 apt-get dist-upgrade > 3. edit /etc/apt/sources.list to point to woody; run apt-get update > 3.1 apt-get install dpkg apt debconf > 3.2 apt-get install perl5 mime-support > 3.3 apt-get dist-update > 4 dselect update > 5 dselect, select packages you want, install. Or you could apt-get > install tasksel, and use tasksel to select the packages you want. > Or use any of the other apt frontends in woody (aptitude, deity-*). > > 2.1, 2.2, 3.1 and 3.2 seem to smooth the potato -> woody upgrade a lot. > Mime-support in installed in 3.2 because the postinst scripts of some > packages (like lynx) seem to work better if you have mime-support configured > before they run. > > -- > "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring > them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond > where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot > Henrique Holschuh
