* Paul E Condon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Dec 09. 2001 23:42]: > > I think you are supposed to use the web-based base install, at least > > that is what I usually do. > > > > Michel. > > > > > I went through the exact same thing (and I was shocked the woody > > > base* images were not there, too). I just created the root and rescue > > > floppy for potato, wrote the base*.tgz (for potato) and the drivers.tgz > > > to a CD-R and installed potato. From there it's really easy to change > > > your sources.list to point to testing and do a apt-get -u dist-upgrade > > > (you may want to do apt-get -us dist-upgrade first to make sure > > > everything looks OK). I didn't run into too many problems with that > > > method. > > I gathered from this exchange that exchange that there is a way of installing > woody > that involves the web and does not use base-x floppies. So I tried it. > Today, it didn't seem to be confusing. But it didn't work. Here is what > happened: > > 1> Pretty much like Potato install at the beginning. No problems. > I tell it about network card and ppp. I don't recall it asking about modem. > > 2> Get to the place where it asks where it should go for the packages to > install. It > gives several options, including web. I choose web.
During my install, it only gave me the option of installing from a local hard disk (I think), and CD-ROM. This is after I told it about ppp, as well. -- -Brian Clark
