On Tuesday 26 September 2006 12:37, krishnakant Mane wrote: > On 26/09/06, jtd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At boot prompt "expert26" will allow u to do almost everything > > manually which is a pain > > so if i do medium26 will it give me the medium level setup menu?
> and was it expert 26 or expert26 1 word? one word expert26 > > can you explain more about tasksel? is it a command to be given > from the prompt once the base installation is complete? tasksel is a program run from shell once base installation is complete. if u select linux26 at the bootpromt at the beginning of install, installer will run it automagically for u after base installation. > and generally how do I get the menu for selecting packages? > I think anurag was refering to typing linux26 at the boot prompt > and then when the setup starts pressing the escape key. is it > right? That will give u various base install options. Not package selection after base installation. u can reconfigure the base installaion by running base-config. > I will try getting 4 cds of debian from some where and then > try this installation. > by the way will the menu selection also instruct me which package > will need wich cd? Yes it will. U can also use dselect or aptitude for an ncurses based package selection. Or kpackage manager or synaptic for a gui package installer. U can use alien to install rpms on a debian system or to convert rpms to debs.WARNING make sure that dependencies are met. U can occasionally mangle your system. The above are sort of parsers for dpkg, which is the supreme core which will allow u to mangle your debian system in whatever way u please. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
