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[David B. <ik...@hv...>]

Hi,

After putting the testing distribution on my system everything was
knackered, very slugish, couldn't get a desktop etc. I then decided to
start again with LinuxPPC2000 cdrom, got nowhere as i couldn't start gnome
so i decided to start again this morning with debian off the AA cdrom.

I booted up with the ramdisk image supplied, installed the base system.
Rebooted and attempted to install the packages from the dist/potato folder
on the AA cdrom, this is where i was driven insane (yert again!!).

I select the right path on the cdrom but it insisted the files were not
there, so i checked and they were! So i then copied them to my linux
partition ina dir called /debian. That went OK except for the symbolic link
errors when copying the binary-powerpc folder, but this is what happened
last time i installed it. I then specified the path for /debian folder, and
again it insisted the files were not there and you guessed it they were!

This is what i did b4 and it went on OK.

Why the hell is dselect now refusing ?

When it lists what packages to be installed & how much space is needed, it
states it needs to get 0B/xxMB. Then after i say yes to continue i get all
the "file not found" errors. But the files are there, i have checked!!

If only i had not installed the testing distribution from
ftp.uk.debiab.org/debian

But i was told to upgrade XFree from v3 to v4, as v3 was a little outdated.

I was hoping to quickly install a basic setup b4 going to work, i started at
10.30am and i am not very far on! At work till 10pm so no more linux today!

Cya l8r
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