On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 06:28:32PM -0800, Michael wrote: > I managed to get Woody installed using one disk. But I have no idea > how to configure things. I ran through the ppp configuration, but the > error message ran by so fast that I couldn't read it. I didn't know
/var/log has the answer, probably the files beginning with ppp (though I don't remember how woody is configured). You need to be root to read all files. > what to put into the apt sources file, which I am guessing is where to > put whatever site to get the .deb packages from. I would manually > compile things onto the system, or try to, but I don't have gcc, so in > my "inexperience" I didn't think I could run a configure script. my sources.list looks like this: --- cut here --- deb http://ftp.rutgers.edu/pub/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.rutgers.edu/pub/debian/ testing main deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main # deb http://honk.physik.uni-konstanz.de/~agx/linux-ppc/debian mplayer/ # deb http://ftp.rutgers.edu/pub/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free --- cut here --- testing means sarge in this case. woody is way too old, I recommend that you do a dist-upgrade. Replace rutgers with your closest debian mirror, see http://www.debian.org/mirror/list for a list. I am guessing that you only have a modem connection, so a dist-upgrade would literally take ages. I think you have three better options: 1. take the machine to a place with ethernet connection and do an upgrade 2. get somebody to write out the sarge CD's for you and use apt-cdrom to update your sources.list 3. use apt-zip, eg on a removable drive > modules to install support for minix file system, DOS, HFS, and I think > NFS, so I should be able to mount my OS X partition and get source and > manually downloaded .deb files. > > That brings up another question. I worked in and on fink which has an > apt-get package manager based on debian. How close is this > resemblance? More importantly can I put whatever deb files into a > directory for cache and install it? Within fink I think it was > /var/cache/apt/Archives. The scripts of apt-zip will work on OS X, so it won't be that complicated. > I left the modem at the default, because I didn't know what to do. is > there some documentation I can look at to learn this stuff? pppconfig will manage your configuration for you, and the errors are in the log files. Best, Tamas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
