RE: Going down the Rabbit Hole (was: apt-get sources.list question)

2001-10-30 Thread Hamma Scott
--- William De Cat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Personnaly, I install the base system from an old > CD, then edit /etc/apt/sources.list to point to the > distribution I want and then do an "apt-get dist- > upgrade". I have done that, and have finally upgraded to Woody. Right now I'm having a bi

RE: Going down the Rabbit Hole (was: apt-get sources.list question)

2001-10-30 Thread William De Cat
--- "Karsten M. Self" wrote: > This is among the reason few seasoned Debian users > install from CD -- base tarball plus boot floppies > is generally sufficient, packages are snared over > the 'Net. Well, I came here to learn, so where would I find documentation outlining this procedure? Or where

Going down the Rabbit Hole (was: apt-get sources.list question)

2001-10-30 Thread Hamma Scott
--- "Karsten M. Self" wrote: > This is among the reason few seasoned Debian users > install from CD -- base tarball plus boot floppies > is generally sufficient, packages are snared over > the 'Net. Well, I came here to learn, so where would I find documentation outlining this procedure? Or w

Re: apt-get sources.list question

2001-10-28 Thread csj
On Monday 29 October 2001 03:18, Scott Henson wrote: > > I'm just curious, what exactly are these files? My own mini-Debian > > installer consists of the following files: > > > > base2_2.tgz > > basecont.txt > > drivers.tgz > > kernel-config > > linux > > rescue.bin [2.88MB floppy version] > > > >

Re: apt-get sources.list question

2001-10-28 Thread csj
On Sunday 28 October 2001 13:04, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 02:52:50PM +0800, csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Saturday 27 October 2001 03:17, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > [...] > > It would help newbies with a little bandwidth to burn if somebody > > cooks up an official

RE: apt-get sources.list question

2001-10-28 Thread Scott Henson
> I'm just curious, what exactly are these files? My own mini-Debian > installer consists of the following files: > > base2_2.tgz > basecont.txt > drivers.tgz > kernel-config > linux > rescue.bin [2.88MB floppy version] > > It would help newbies with a little bandwidth to burn if somebody cooks > u

Re: apt-get sources.list question

2001-10-28 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 02:52:50PM +0800, csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Saturday 27 October 2001 03:17, Karsten M. Self wrote: > [...[ > > Once you've updated your sources lists from online and switched to > > Woody, you're likely going to find none of the packages on CD are > > considered up

Re: apt-get sources.list question

2001-10-27 Thread csj
On Saturday 27 October 2001 03:17, Karsten M. Self wrote: [...[ > Once you've updated your sources lists from online and switched to > Woody, you're likely going to find none of the packages on CD are > considered up to date.  This is among the reason few seasoned Debian > users install from CD --

Re: apt-get sources.list question

2001-10-26 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 05:40:00AM -0700, Hamma Scott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I've recently had some problems upgrading to Woody after downloading > all the packages for a dist-upgrade. > > I'm wondering if I didn't shoot myself in the foot with the sources I > was pulling from. > > I instal

apt-get sources.list question

2001-10-25 Thread Hamma Scott
I've recently had some problems upgrading to Woody after downloading all the packages for a dist-upgrade. I'm wondering if I didn't shoot myself in the foot with the sources I was pulling from. I install from a CD, and first was updating my potato installation, so I had all those options in the s