Antonio A. Lobato writes: > > I already tryied many ways to install the potato packages(because I > already installed it Basic System from hard disk), but it`s how if my cdrom > reader don`t existed. > Also it`s impossible I acess the internet from Linux because my modem is > the US Robotics Winmodem, and is not compatible with Linux. It remains the > follow alternative: > > download the packages that I want from the internet to my Windows partition > and install it from the hard disk. I don`t want install much packages. Only > the basic: X11, gcc, gv, latex, xterm. > > -What do you think of all it ?
ouch. Make sure that you have all of the proper drivers installed for the cdrom if that is possible. I haven't heard of standard cdrom incompatibilities...is it IDE or SCSI or a laptop...there are several places in the kernel configuration to setup cdrom...make sure that you don't miss any oportunities. Also, you should see be detected during startup...mine says something like /dev/hdd some cdrom and even when I stuck in my new RW that I haven't dealt with yet and it couldn't communicate it said /dev/hdd gibberish Of cource hdd could be hdb or hdc depending on where it lives or something else if it's scsi. > > -How do I install this packages from a local hard disk ? dpkg -i package name...but I fear that you will have lots of dependencies with X11 and latex, and probably gv. Make sure you d/l all of those too, or else you'll spend a lot of time rebooting. rick > > > Tom > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- A picture is worth about 25000 characters. Any more and it takes too long to download.
