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Re: [PLUG] "Current" Linux on old laptop
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jazzman@exdomain.org wrote:
> It doesn't have that choice. It never gave me that choice at all.
> On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, Stephen Gran wrote:
>
>
>>That's the bit where you choose an apt 'method', I think - try going
>>back to that part, and choosing an apt source as the local cdrom instead
>>of a network source.
>>
>>It may not be visible in normal mode, so you may have to boot expert or
>>expert26, depending on whether you are running the installer on a 2.4 or
>>2.6 kernel.
Maybe now is a good time to point to
http://www.aboutdebian.com/install31.htm and ask at what step you get
to. Step #12 is where apt comes in and Step 13 mentions apt-cdrom
which might be worth looking into(never tried it, might be
mis-informing you).
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