dselect wants to uninstall everything?

I have a fresh install of Debian Linux 3.0. I want to use dselect to install some additional packages... but it appears that, by default, dselect wants to *uninstall* most of my Debian installation, unless I go through the list by hand and tell it to keep each installed package! I run 'dselect

How do I do a net install when there's no driver for my nic?

I have a Dell Latitude CPi laptop computer with a Dell Latitude C/Port dock. The laptop has no network connectivity, but the dock provides an Ethernet port powered by a 3Com 3C905 Fast Etherlink XL 10/100 chip. Problem is, the Debian 3.0 installation disks have no driver for this network inter