Toshko wrote:
> Hey John,
> Thanks for replying to my email. I am currently not hooked up to the
> internet, and dont have the driver to connect my ethernet cable to my
> router.

Does that mean that you have broadband (cable,dsl) available
through a router, but not a driver on your computer to talk to
the router?

If so, the best way to load debian on your system would be to use
the testing net-install cd-image. It will/should automagically
make the connection for you assuming your router is using dhcp
and your having a good day.

If a net installation of testing is at all possible, that is by
far your best option. The stable version of debian (sarge) that
you're trying to install is about to be replaced by Etch
(currently testing) and there are some major changes. It would be
much better (and a lot easier) to start out with Etch.

If that's a possibility, you can download the ISO from the
following link. I'd use the "businesscard.iso", it's only 32mb
and works fine.

http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/da...t/i386/iso-cd/


Where can I find the Gnome or kde package on the internet, as
> there are only parts, but not the whole piece on the debian website? And
> how do i download only packages from there?
>

If you can't net install Etch, and have to use the 14 cdroms for
debian 3.1, you already have all the packages your looking for
--- Gnome, KDE, GUI and thousands of others.

> I have tried the dselect function, and it works, but it looks like
> there's just no GUI on the cd's, because debian sees them, but they're
> not there. Its really weird.

I'm assuming you went right down the list for dselect... Access,
Update, Select, etc.. Strange, they should have showed up.

What is the purpose of having 14 cds for
> downloading when only the 1st two are necessary and have the basic
> utilities?
>

Actually, how many cds you need depends on what programs you wish
to load with your system. I'll bet you use most of the 14 before
your done. I've loaded Etch (20 cds) on a computer without an
internet connection and I needed bits and pieces from all 20.

Let's make sure of where we are in the installation.

After you did the "apt-cdrom add" for all 14 cds, your
sources.list (/etc/apt/sources.list) should contain the cdrom
locations for all the packages you need. You might take a look at
it just to make sure.

Maybe even comment/edit out all the lines that are not the 14
cdroms to eliminate any conflicts.

If your sources.list is correct you could also try "tasksel" at
the command prompt, select desktop environment, and then insert
the cdroms as asked. I believe that will work but have never used
it since I manually select packages.

Also as Debian Users, we want to keep this tread alive through
the list so that others can add additional and/or benefit
from the discussion, so I'm posting this through the list and
also CCing you.

Good Luck
John





> Thanks again
>
> Toshko
>
> */John C <zcar@satx.rr.com>/* wrote:
>
>
>
> Toshko wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have just installed debian 3.1, and have all the 14 cds.
> however, i
> > do not know which one the GUI is on, and how to load the cds from
> the
> > text interface for that matter. Can you me please?
>
> It's been a while since I've used it, but I believe you want the
> apt-cdrom package. It adds cds to your sources.list so that you
> can install packages from the cds much like you would from a web
> archive.
>
> There are several good ways of building your system from the cds,
> but since you're using a text interface, the older dselect method
> of installing your packages will probably work the easiest.
>
> Once you've loaded all the cds into your sources.list using the
> command "apt-cdrom add" as root, then use "dselect" with apt as
> the access method and start selecting the packages you want.
>
> As I've said it's been a while since I used this method, so by
> all means read the man pages for "apt-cdrom" and "dselect" before
> you start.
>
> Good Luck.
> John
>
>
>
>
>
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John C wrote:
>
>
> Toshko wrote:
>> Hey John,
>> Thanks for replying to my email. I am currently not hooked up to the
>> internet, and dont have the driver to connect my ethernet cable to my
>> router.
>
> Does that mean that you have broadband (cable,dsl) available through a
> router, but not a driver on your computer to talk to the router?
>
> If so, the best way to load debian on your system would be to use the
> testing net-install cd-image. It will/should automagically make the
> connection for you assuming your router is using dhcp and your having
> a good day.
>

There is a detailed HOWTO for the Etch installer here:
http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/How..._your_computer


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