Re: Installing Package To Floppy

Hello John Lowell (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I've run dpkg -x pv_0.8.6_i386.deb /mnt/floppy as you suggested but > get "no such file or directory" errors for it. I don't think I erred > in typing the command. By dint of my own checking your version number > would seem to be absolutely correct

Re: Installing Package To Floppy

Andreas Janssen wrote: > Hello > Depends on the package. In your case I think it doesn't make a > difference, you probably only need the pv binary anyway. Looking at > > it seems that th

Re: Installing Package To Floppy

Hello John Lowell (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Andreas Janssen wrote: >> >> [installing package to floppy] >> mount /mnt/floppy >> dpkg -x pv_0.8.6-1_i386.deb /mnt/floppy >> (Package version number from Sarge) > You mention at the end of your comment

Re: Installing Package To Floppy

Andreas Janssen wrote: > Hello > That will only write the output messages to the floppy. You also don't > want to write to the floppy device file, you want to write to the file > system on the floppy disk. > Don't use apt. Use dpkg. Mount the floppy, get the package, and > extract it: > > mount /m

Re: Installing Package To Floppy

Hello John Lowell (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I would like to install a single, very small package to a floppy disk > but apparently don't understand the correct proceedure. Desperate and > floundering, I've even run the following after preliminaries in the > hope of getting somewhere: > > ap

Installing Package To Floppy

I would like to install a single, very small package to a floppy disk but apparently don't understand the correct proceedure. Desperate and floundering, I've even run the following after preliminaries in the hope of getting somewhere: apt-get install pv | /dev/fd0 apt-get install pv > /mnt/flop