[SWLUG] Installing debian

[Richard Smith]

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[ Reply was sent earlier, but I sent it to Neil Direct, rather than via the 
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> I'm going to just wipe the partition and start again, but in the meantime,
> does anyone have any suggestions about why I received so many errors,
> and/or how to avoid them?!

First off, I would advise you avoid tasksel like the plague. It's a tad buggy,
and it most of the time it installs stuff that you've no idea needed to be
installed.

I would advise you start the installation and when asked if you want to use
tasksel or dselect. you hit the <no> options.

Once you have a bare bones system that's connected to the net, you can then
start building it up using apt-get.

Stick the attached file in the /etc/apt/ file and run apt-get update and
you'll be sorted.

If it's not connected to a network your going to have to use the CDs.

There's 2 reasons for going about it this way:

a) you KNOW what's on your system, since dselect and tasksel install things
that aren't always wanted or will most probably never be used.

b) More fun, and less errors.

Have fun!
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