Richard Owlett wrote: > songbird wrote: ... >> if anything just try to copy the first dvd and >> see what happens and what error messages come >> out of apt-get or synaptic and go from there. >> >> ls /dvd01 if you have the first dvd mounted >> to /dvd01 should give you the top directories >> and then you can look further down in from >> there to see how it looks. > > > i've suspected as much *LOL* ;/
:) it may not be the right way in terms of disk inode use but it worked. nowadays it might be better to do a straight image copy and then to mount them, but it would take someone else to give you those magic words. > For the record > - I'm contemporary of parents of Linus Torvalds i'm no spring chicken either... 50 is soon. eek. time flies. > - I've been tempted to ask > if Debian (any version) is more powerful/versatile > than CPM-80 > Which has more obtuse documentation, CPM-80 or Debian the package debian-handbook is very helpful. also, debian-reference-en, debian-faq and installation-guide-*... reading the lists linux.debian.devel, linux.debian.devel.release and linux.debian.project can be helpful at times. i try to read linux.debian.maint.boot too and of course this fine group. > I've set "Reply To" to debian-user@lists.debian.org > For those wising to discuss issues personally, my "From:" > address is valid, if well filtered ;) i have very little trouble with spam coming from usenet posts. ignoring it and deleting it unread. i never use an unsubscribe link as it tells them they hit a live one. songbird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/40i5k9-hg1....@id-306963.user.uni-berlin.de