Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: > On Sun 01 Feb 2015 at 12:01:53 +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: >> >> > 1. Boot into your Wheezy install and login as root. >> > >> > 2. Insert the USB stick. There should be a message on the screen giving >> > you a device name. I get sdg. >> > >> > 3. The netinst is on the first partition, sdg1. Use dmesg to check. I >> > have 'sdg: sdg1'. >> > >> > 4. I'll mount my partition: >> > >> > mount /dev/sdg1 /mnt >> > >> > I'm told it is mounted read-only. >> > >> > 5. Now I'll add the USB stick to /etc/apt/sources.list. >> > >> > apt-cdrom -m --no-auto-detect -d /mnt add >> > >> > I'm told the disc is scanned for index files and a new source list is >> > written. I can check by looking at /etc/apt/sources.list. Edit the >> > file to comment out all lines apart from this one. >> > >> > 6. apt-get update >> > >> > 7. apt-get install ppp >> > >> > 8. Tell us where you went wrong before. :) >> >> > > First, apt-get says it will install ppp and libcap0.8. When you say 'y' > there are screen messages which at the end tell you to insert a disc in > the drive 'media/cdrom'. What you do is mount /dev/sdX1 (X is a, b, etc) > on media/cdrom.
That's the fundamental step I was missing! Now it's all right: ppp was installed and the system can start its life downloading remaining packages from internet. It is so possibile to do without cumbersome CD-ROMs and use an usb stick instead, much more practical, to install Debian. Thanks!! Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87pp9tbvfl.fsf...@gmail.com
