Installing from MSDOS Partition

Hi All;   I thought that I would try the debian install from a MSDOS partition.  I downloaded all the files except for linux, when it downloaded it just opened a new window in the explorer.  It should be a file should it not.  If it is supposed to be a html file then should I save it as it

/msdos partition

Hi I'd like to know is it true that read/write file on a /msdos partition is slower than on the linux partition? I've a 60MB tar file that I tried to untar under both /msdos and linux ext2fs and the /msdos was extremely slow. Thanks! -- Timot

How to delete special files on msdos partition?

Hi! I found that I can't delete special (i.e. hidden/system/readonly) files on a mounted msdos partition, even as root. I tried to change the permissions with chmod, but that didn't help either. Am I overlooking something obvious? Thanks a lot, Andy. PS: It's Debian-Linux 1.2.

Re: Installing packages from an MSDOS partition

On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Bruce Perens wrote: > You can pull the entire archive on to a straight MSDOS partition. That's > why we provide an MSDOS area on the FTP system. After you get the system > running, install dpkg-1.4.x.x.deb by hand, and then run > "dpkg-scanpackages&quo

Installing packages from an MSDOS partition

You can pull the entire archive on to a straight MSDOS partition. That's why we provide an MSDOS area on the FTP system. After you get the system running, install dpkg-1.4.x.x.deb by hand, and then run "dpkg-scanpackages" on all of those packages. You can then use dselect to sel