Those packages are in the non-free or contrib sections which are usually not included on CD-Rom. Try ftp.debian.org.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: : Two questions: : I'm trying to set up a Debian system using a disk from Cheap*Bytes : (part of their 5-disk set). dselect says for a couple of packages : (i.e. dosemu) that fdos is recommended, but not available. In fact, a : search of the Debian FTP structure shows that there *is* no fdos : package. : What's up? : This is Debian 1.2. : On the same topic, dselect wants a "local" directory which isn't on : the C*B CD. I hear they leave stuff out, so I'm not shocked. : However, dselect also insists that there's a "local" directory on the : FTP site, which there is not. I'm confused. : As for NcFTP -- can a mere newbie user request a new package? I'm : used to NcFTP, which I've used on Panix (Sun) and on my home machine : under OS/2. Sure, I could compile it myself, but I'm afraid that as : soon as I do, a package would be released and I'd have a hard time : upgrading. :-) : Thanks. : -- : Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Manager, Dueling Modems Computer Forum : <http://dm.net> : -- : TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to : [EMAIL PROTECTED] . : Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- Please always CC me when replying to posts on mailing lists. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
