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.)