Re: Debian 2.1 disappointment

1999-08-24 Thread Scott McMillan
Pann McCuaig wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 23, 1999 at 05:32:17PM -0400, Scott McMillan wrote: > > > > I have the following questions: > > > > - Has anyone been successful with the LinuxMall CD's? If so, how > >did you get it to work. > > If you select the multi-cd option, you need to start with C

Re: Debian 2.1 disappointment

1999-08-24 Thread Pann McCuaig
On Mon, Aug 23, 1999 at 05:32:17PM -0400, Scott McMillan wrote: [snip!] > know which CD to start with). Each time during the Install step > it would say 'Skipping deselected package: *' hundreds of times and > nothing seemed to get installed. It was as if the whole Profile step > was totally ig

Re: Debian 2.1 disappointment

1999-08-24 Thread John Carline
Scott McMillan wrote: > I have been running a Slackware distribution for over 3 years, and > recently (with the purchase of a Sony laptop) decided to give Debian > a try. I ordered the Debian 2.1 2 CD set from Linux Mall and > received them today. > > I got through all the initial installation st

Debian 2.1 disappointment

1999-08-23 Thread Scott McMillan
I have been running a Slackware distribution for over 3 years, and recently (with the purchase of a Sony laptop) decided to give Debian a try. I ordered the Debian 2.1 2 CD set from Linux Mall and received them today. I got through all the initial installation stuff with no problem, and then it c