initial install using ftp dselect question

Greetings, I'm trying to get Debian 2.1 (slink) installed on my system, via ftp. I get to the point where I successfully download all the packages I selected. However, they aren't installed. I find them all in /var/cache/apt/archives... Dselect finishes up at this poing, (runs thru config

Re: initial install using ftp dselect question

Francis J. Bruening wrote: Greetings, I'm trying to get Debian 2.1 (slink) installed on my system, via ftp. Are you using the 'apt method' with dselect. I can't remember whether apt is in slink (I've been running potato for a long time now). If it is, get the apt deb and install