apt-get on a local mirror

2004-05-15 Thread krf
/mnt/debmirror/mirror/ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz It looks like something isn't translating "stable" into "woody" I assume that my sources.list file is wrong but so far haven't managed to fix it.  Anybody see what is wrong? Thanks krf

Just got CDs, boot, oops...

2003-10-09 Thread KRF
Just got my 7 CDs in the mail and have a dedicated PC to learn Debian on. I downloaded the entire manual and have good intentions to go through the install step by step, totally unlike my usual method of learning by rapid tapping on the enter key. CDs say they are D3.0 Woody and Manual says sa

Stable? Unstable?

2003-10-07 Thread KRF
On the advice of some compadres I have ordered the 7 CD package so that I can try Debian. I currently run RH 7.x and 9 and was griping about RedHat always moving stuff from to some oddball location and having to reregister every thirty days to use their site. I have been trying to follow this