Gil Citro wrote:
[...]
Also, it doesn't explain how to check a mirror before installing the
local copy of the package. I guess I could install the local copy and
the do an update from a mirror, but I'm guessing that's also not the
best way.
[...]
Aptitude will do this automatically for you. If
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 08:38:44PM -0400, Gil Citro wrote:
> On 4/25/06, Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > The poster said in the original post that by "full" install he doesn't
> > mean every possible Debian package, just "as if I'd installed everything
> > from
> > the DVD".
> >
On 4/25/06, Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The poster said in the original post that by "full" install he doesn't
> mean every possible Debian package, just "as if I'd installed everything from
> the DVD".
>
> And the reason given was, if I understood correctly, was to help avoid
> de
On Tuesday 25 April 2006 08:26, Gil Citro wrote:
> Second, what I'd like to do is wind up with a full install of Sarge,
> as if I'd installed everything from the DVD.
What you ask for does not exist. Debian has a concept of a minimum install,
and a customized install. There is no full install b
On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 03:19:38PM -0600, Nate Duehr wrote:
> Gil Citro wrote:
>
> >Second, what I'd like to do is wind up with a full install of Sarge,
> >as if I'd installed everything from the DVD. I have both DVDs from the
> >3.1r1 DVD set. Is there a way to install everything from the DVD
> >
Gil Citro wrote:
Second, what I'd like to do is wind up with a full install of Sarge,
as if I'd installed everything from the DVD. I have both DVDs from the
3.1r1 DVD set. Is there a way to install everything from the DVD
that's not already installed? I'm new to Debian and not sure how to do
thi
I was having trouble installing Debian on an HP dx5150, which uses an
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ processor. I first tried the AMD64 3.1r0a install
DVD, but whichever 2.6.x kernel it came with didn't support SATA, and
I only had a SATA hard drive. I was able to do a network install with
the CD image from
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