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every time i install it, it only uses one cd, wheres the option to use more than one cd during the install or after. There are no packages on other ...
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    Exclamation Debian Etch install help

    every time i install it, it only uses one cd, wheres the option to use more than one cd during the install or after. There are no packages on other cds so i figured it
    must be during the install. I am freshly install installing and I will reinstall the os if i need to.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shauntp View Post
    every time i install it, it only uses one cd, wheres the option to use more than one cd during the install or after. There are no packages on other cds so i figured it
    must be during the install. I am freshly install installing and I will reinstall the os if i need to.
    that is no single packages just a wierd file which the install uses

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    under the installation process debian configure the apt package manager thats the point where you can add more cds to the pacakge source , or after the installation you can use apt-cdrom command to add the cds to the package source.

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    during the installation process all it does is try to access the internet for a mirror, then when it does'nt succeed it just continues to select which packages to install

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    debian installation divided to two phase
    1. phase install a base system
    2. phase is the real installation proces , in this pahse you can configure the base system and apt

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    Quote Originally Posted by iwanabeguru View Post
    debian installation divided to two phase
    1. phase install a base system
    2. phase is the real installation proces , in this pahse you can configure the base system and apt
    it only gives me the option to accsess the internet

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