Thanks to all for your help!
I've got a much clearer picture of how the process goes now, and I'm
certain aptitude will help me get all the products I anticipate
needing. Very glad I posted here before I went and burned 21 CDs.
Wouldn't have enjoyed that.
-Andrew
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> On Saturday 11 August 2007 04:39, kaldrenon shared this with us all:
> >--} Hey all. I just installed etch onto my Dell Inspiron B130 laptop using
> >--} the net-install CD that I got at http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/
> >--}
> >--} Given the description of the installer on the website, I had b
On Saturday 11 August 2007 04:39, kaldrenon shared this with us all:
>--} Hey all. I just installed etch onto my Dell Inspiron B130 laptop using
>--} the net-install CD that I got at http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/
>--}
>--} Given the description of the installer on the website, I had been
>--} u
On Aug 10, 3:40 pm, "Mumia W.." wrote:
> I suggest you select the "Desktop" option if there is one*. That should
> give you a graphical user interface and a few utilities. From there, you
> can use either "aptitude" or "synaptic" to install more Debian software
> packages. I suggest you use aptit
On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 06:39:38PM -, kaldrenon wrote:
> My primary question is, did I misunderstand what the net-install was
> meant to do? I had thought it would give me access to the full package
> list via downloads - does it not do that? Or did I do something wrong
> during the install?
>
On Aug 10, 3:10 pm, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Was there no option like "Individual package selection" (I don't recall
> the exact wording)?
>
> Regards,
> Andrei
I didn't see one, no. That is what I had expected, but I did not see
it. There's a chance I just missed/overlooked it,
On 08/10/2007 01:39 PM, kaldrenon wrote:
Hey all. I just installed etch onto my Dell Inspiron B130 laptop using
the net-install CD that I got at http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/
Given the description of the installer on the website, I had been
under the impression that when I ran the install I'
On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 06:39:38PM -, kaldrenon wrote:
> My primary question is, did I misunderstand what the net-install was
> meant to do? I had thought it would give me access to the full package
> list via downloads - does it not do that? Or did I do something wrong
> during the install?
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