I know the ZIP drive mounts properly with "-tmsdos" so I'm not sure what fs it 'really' has on it. I'm going to test mounting it with "-tvfat" tonight. I do have vfat support in linux but my original problem stems from the fact that the home machine doesn't have Win/95 on it, so I can't just copy the files from the work machine to the home machine using long filenames unless the ZIP supports VFAT also and I copy directly to the linux partitions.
I'd still rather install from the DOS partition because I have 100+meg free over there. So I guess I'd really rather know how to set up the 'Packages' files and run deselect from a directory structure totally inconsistent with the original Debian mirrors. On 9 May 97 at 17:53, Rick Jones wrote: > > Did you put VFAT in the kernel so dselect can read the partition > correctly? > > On Fri, 9 May 1997, G.V.Livingston II wrote: > > > If I plan to use the deselect program to install packages from a > > mounted MSDOS partition (mounted at /e) and I have the packages in > > /e/linux/stable, /e/linux/contrib, & /e/linux/non-free should I edit the > > 'Packages" files to refelect the new path information? Or will deselect > > figure it out when I do the "step by step" entry of file locations? > > > > > > I'm going to try thie install from scratch tonight and see if I can > > mount the ZIP disk I'm carrying the stuff home with (ftp via T1 from work > > move to ZIP disks carry home) with a VFAT fs since I am using it under > > Win/95 at work it may work, and allow me to use long filenames. Gerald V. Livingston II Reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
