mounted

When the archive of the distribution is already mounted, this option only needs to know where the ``top level'' of the distribution is. This method does not care if the device containing the archive is a hard disk, a CD-ROM, or an NFS mount on another machine, so this method can be used to make a nonstandard CD-ROM or NFS mount ``look'' like a standard distribution. This can be done by constructing a subdirectory tree that will act as the ``top level'' of the distribution. Create a mount point (subdirectory) in the ``top level'' directory and mount the CD-ROM or NFS to that mount point. Then create symbolic links for ``stable'', ``contrib'', and if available, ``non-free''. Make these links point to their respective places in the mounted archive. As an example: If the mount point is /mnt/dist/debian and the path on the CD-ROM to binary-i386 is /bo/binary-i386, then the link would be made by the following commands:

cd /mnt/dist
ln -s debian/bo main

with similar constructions for the contrib and non-free sections.

Once the directory structures are in place then just give /mnt/dist as the ``top level'' of the distribution. If this seems too complicated then simply answer ``none'' to the first prompt and then give the explicit path to each of the parts of the distribution being installed. (See the Notes section on page  for details.)