On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Chris Russell wrote: > Is there any way to add a single package using dselect without updating > the Packages file. All I want to do is add the man-db and netstd > packages to the base system..... > Seems like the deselect is overkill and dpkg is underkill. > ?Why wouldnt these packages be part of the base????
Taken together, these packages are about 1MB in size, so that's *another* floppy disk. Your wanting to use W95 as a go-between but as the client rather than the server is pretty unusual, so it doesn't seem worth everybody else adding a non-essential disk to the installation process. > ==The reason I want this=== > I'm trying to get the Beta 2 installed via the net with a twist. I have > a laptop running win95 that I can use to dial out and it is connected to > my 5port hub which the debian box is also attached to. I do not have a > modem for the linux box. With a ftp daemon on the debian box I could > use the pc as a go between until I get a modem for the beast. (Yea I > know I could get a ftpd for win95 but I wold rather go the other way.) Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null