[Gllug] Debian

[Stephen Harker]

On Wednesday 19 December 2001 12:47, you wrote:
> > But, is it really
> > necessary to run the install screen so many times. I must be on
> > about
>
> No.
Oh. errrmm. uhhhh. *blank look*
> > the 10th pass by now. It keeps conking out and claiming there are
> > errors in the packages while unpacking, configures what it has
> > done  so far and then I have to start over. Is this normal? If I
> > delete the
>
> It doesn't start over, it starts from where it left off.
So it does. Cool.
> > .deb files that are dodge from /var/cache/apt/archive, will it
> > automatically fetch them again?
>
> Yes.
Good.
> I can definitely put here an 'It works for me'. I don't have this
> problem and only rarely had it downloading over a modem (Large
> packages would stop half way if the connection died which sometimes
> screws things up).
> Incidentally it's easier to upgrade to woody from the base system
> (ie *don't* perform the last 'install' [dselect - choose advanced
> mode] step until you've changed your sources.list)
Bugger. I wish I'd known that before I started. Since my posting, 
it's finished all its updating and it everything works like a charm 
now :-)) Brilliant!
> Matthew

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Stephen Harker
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