* "m.underwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | I have downloaded from an FTP site, a couple of .deb files that i want to | install on my | debian package. when i use the dpackage command, and i advise that i have | these files on floppy discs, it finds my .deb files and has them as | dselected, therefore it will not install them. this appears to be because | they are not on the default list of packages that were installed with my | debian package, I have ordered the CD rom for debian, which should have all | the .deb packages on it, but i am not sure i can get my CD-rob to be read by | debian. I would like to first install the packages from floppy if i can get | it to let me. | Does anyone have any suggestions?
Do the floppies have the ext2 file system, MSDOS or have you written a raw tar file to them (or something else)? If you haven't got a clue what I'm talking about, tell us how you created them, and we'll figure it out. If ext2: mount the floppy and read the debs If msdos: use mtools If raw tar: use tar :-) | Also i have a barebones debian package right now (with just basic debian and | linux stuff), and i am an avid AIX user. I noticed alot of commands are the | same and alot are different. For instance on AIX, i can scroll a list of | files in a directory by typing | ls -l | pg (the one page at a time command)...how can i get accomplish this | on linux? 'ls -l | more' or even better 'ls -l | less' -- Ole -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
