Samuel Hahn writes: > > > Hi... > > This morning was my first attempt to install Debian Linux (1.3). It went > pretty smoothly (I was impressed) except for 2 items I need to ask > about: > > 1. I seem to have missed the selection step that allows me to determine > which of my partitions I want to mount where (eg /usr, /usr/src, /home, > /usr/local, etc). I successfully partitioned them with cfdisk (nice > improvement over fdisk!), but the install must have skipped right over > that selection stage. So it's put into my 30Mb root partition the BASE
Sounds like 'sausage finger syndrome' 8-) ps. I suffer from it time to time. > modules, and written stuff to /usr, /home. Can I recover easily from > this with some fstab munging, or is there a utility that will let me do > this sanely, or do I have to start over? If you don't want to re-install, yes you will have to fix it by hand. Otherwise, start over. 8-( > > 2. The set of packages is bewildering. I was installing from floppies, > due to a malfunction with my (Sony CDU-311) cdrom drive. The base > install was pretty manageable, but I can quickly see that it's > unadvisable to continue without a working CDROM (or net connection). Red > Hat and Debian both had problems with my CDROM (though DOS 6.22 did not, > at first; now it does... argh). However, where is the documentation > recommending which packages to install in what order? Minimum set > required for email, PPP, httpd? Yes, the selection can be overwhelming. Look for a file called "Packages". The info covers each package in the distribution along with dependency information. (or use dselect <g>) > PS. dselect is pretty cool. Where's the FAQ regarding its pros / cons > vis-a-vis RedHat Package Manager? Does Slackware have an equivalent? Is > it dangerous to install some using RPM and some using Debian? I > would assume so... Use "alien" to import RPM packages into Debian. Then dpkg can install it. -- -= Sent by Debian 1.3 Linux =- Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK - member of ARRL @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@westgac3.dragon.com Remove @_@ for correct Email address --... ...-- ... -.. . -.- -.. ....- -.-. .. -.- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
