[PLUG] Those Woody CD's: Some help getting it installed.

[karlheg at pdxlinux.org]

Don't judge a book by it's cover, folks.

The quickest way to get started is to not install any device drivers
at all during the installation.  You pretty much just keep pressing
the Enter key.  Don't worry about getting your network up, etc. until
after the initial reboot.  Everything it needs to get the base system
off the CD onto the hard drive is present.  You don't have to do any
device detection at all at this stage.

Be sure and put the CD backin the drive as soon as it is done
rebooting... and after the initial reboot, during "base-config" (which
you can run again later if you like), tell it not to use the "security
patches" site, but jot down the URL so you can add it to
"sources.list" later on... by running "apt-setup" then.  (hint: try
typing "apt" and pushing TAB to see the completion list.)

First thing you do after logging in as "root":

  # apt-get install discover aptitude

That will pull in "discover", the hardware detection program, along
with "aptitude", the wonderful new package manager TUI.  "discover"
should run after it's installed, via "/etc/init.d/discover start".

If you've got a modem and need a PPP connection, and you did not
choose the "dialup system" task, then try running:

  # apt-get install ppp pppconfig

OR

  # apt-get install pppoe pppoeconf

... if you've got cable or DSL using PPPOE rather than bridged mode.
(will someone please jump in if I'm wrong here?  My DSL box is in
bridged mode.)  "diald" is also available, and should be easy to
configure, since it has been debconfiscated quite nicely.

Once you've got a network connection of some kind and have run
"apt-setup" to add the security site and some other extra sources, you
can run "aptitude" and choose what you would like installed.

The apt URI for Openoffice.org is:

# Openoffice.org (mirror at University of Mississippi)
#
deb     http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/openoffice/ testing main contrib
deb-src http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/openoffice/ testing main contrib
deb     http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/openoffice/ unstable main contrib
deb-src http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/openoffice/ unstable main contrib

... and for LTSP it is:

# LTSP -- Linux Terminal Server Project
#
deb http://termserv.berlios.de/debian stable main non-free

You can find Blackdown (Sun) Java at:

# Java from blackdown.org  (Sun Java 2)
#
deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/debian woody non-free


Don't forget to add the security site as well!


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