Jocke, Thanks for the reply...
> in /etc/apt/sources.list add the following lines > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US I forgot to mention that I am not yet connected with ppp, so i presume this won't work yet. Does that leave me then with dselect as the only option to procede? dselect works but I have not managed to find the way to tell it how to get the man-db or emacs etc. Can that be done from there? Walter > This will enable you to use apt-get > But you can use "dselect" to install things from your 2.1 cd > Just choose "multi_cd" under [A]ccess and you are on your way. > > you can also get the .deb "apt-cdrom" from the unstable version > and add the cd to sources.list by running apt-cdrom for each cd > in your cd-set. > To get it you will have to add > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free > deb ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib > non-free > > to your sources.list file > > Hope this will help you get going. > > /Joakim __________________________________________________________________ Walter Logeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.psybernet.co.nz