Re: help with dselect (on m68k)

2000-01-28 Thread dkphoto
OK, I've figured out (at least partially) what is going on. dselect is working just fine and so is everything else, except the actual CD. I gave up on dselect and rebooted, then mounted the debian CD and discovered that my system sees all the folders on it as just plain text files. That's why

Re: help with dselect (on m68k)

2000-01-28 Thread paul
On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, David said: OK, I've figured out (at least partially) what is going on. dselect is working just fine and so is everything else, except the actual CD. I gave up on dselect and rebooted, then mounted the debian CD and discovered that my system sees all the folders on it

Re: help with dselect (on m68k)

2000-01-28 Thread dkphoto
OK, I've figured out (at least partially) what is going on. dselect is working just fine and so is everything else, except the actual CD. I gave up on dselect and rebooted, then mounted the debian CD and discovered that my system sees all the folders on it as just plain text files. That's

Re: help with dselect (on m68k)

2000-01-27 Thread paul
Clyde was just trying to help you, you need to be more patient and read more carefully. On most install cds, the distribution path is: /debian/dists/stable If it is not there your on your own. I would suggest exploring the cd and writing down the path when you've found it, then go back to

Re: help with dselect (on m68k)

2000-01-27 Thread dkphoto
Clyde was just trying to help you, you need to be more patient and read more carefully. You're right. It's been a very frustrating day all around. Sorry. It seems I do indeed also have an issue with mounting the CD. Dselect asks me for the name of a block device. Since I cannot find that term

Re: help with dselect (on m68k)

2000-01-27 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, dkphoto wrote: It seems I do indeed also have an issue with mounting the CD. Dselect asks me for the name of a block device. Since I cannot find that term anywhere in any of the documentation, I'm stuck! What is a block device, and how do I get its name? (Should I

Re: help with dselect (on m68k)

2000-01-27 Thread paul
David Kachel wrote: You're right. It's been a very frustrating day all around. Sorry. It seems I do indeed also have an issue with mounting the CD. Dselect asks me for the name of a block device. Since I cannot find that term anywhere in any of the documentation, I'm stuck! What is a