On 10-Feb-97, Philippe Troin wrote: >On Mon, 10 Feb 1997 13:37:10 PST Colin Watt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >wrote:
>> I have download the Debian files and created my disks and loaded Debian >>Linux on a stand alone PC. >> All is well - but what next? This is a question I have asked myself many times... I don't want to buy a CD to install Debian and I don't want to stay connected to my ISP either. >I guess you've just installed the base disks. >Now, you need to install supplemental packages using dselect. >If you have a CD-ROM, this will be straightforward. >Otherwise, you'll have to configure ppp or your ethernet card to get net >access, and install with the ftp option of dselect. Well it's time for me to ask this question. How does Dselects' ftp mode work, can I select which packages to install, and then get a list of files to download from a Debian FTP mirror? I'm a person who has got the bad habit of RTFM (gasp), but the problem is that I can't find anything about *what* exactly all the modes does.. -- Erik Johansson, one of those sloppy students A big QNX, Linux/x86/m68k Amiga and BeOS fan -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]