On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 13:09, McGillan, Patrick wrote: > My preferred method, and I've used it twice in recent days, is to unplug > from the network before the finish of the install. The program crashes out > with a minimal install. Then I do these steps; > > plug the network back in > edit '/etc/apt/sources.list' and change the word 'stable' to 'woody' on the > line to be used > apt-get update -- gets the latest package info > apt-get install apt dpkg apt-utils -- update these packages first > apt-get dist-upgrade -- may get some errors - just go to next step > apt-get -f install -- force the upgrade that didn't work from above > > Works for me, your mileage may vary. As an alternative, hit Alt-F3 to open another console during instalation and edit sources.list there...
I don't do that because I want a rock solid base before I update but it does work for desktop machines.