Re: Help again with command "man".

2000-08-19 Thread Shaul Karl
Can't you connect the 486 machine to a newer machine via serial or parallel cable? Perhaps with Ethernet? > Well I finally solved the "man" problem. Thanks to all that replied (esp. > to Paul Smith and Ron Rademaker who gave this newbie some great tips on > commands to use while installing via

Re: Help again with command "man".

2000-08-19 Thread A. Tuazon
Well I finally solved the "man" problem. Thanks to all that replied (esp. to Paul Smith and Ron Rademaker who gave this newbie some great tips on commands to use while installing via floppy). Folks it is possible to install via floppy but, as the manual does say, it is NOT recommended. You have

Re: Help again with command "man".

2000-08-19 Thread Gary Lee
Hey guys, i've got the same problem so, could any one tell me which package contains the "man" ? Rgds KaLeeSan, a new debian - Original Message - From: "Kerstin Hoef-Emden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 8:27 PM Subject: R

Re: Help again with command "man".

2000-08-19 Thread Kerstin Hoef-Emden
Hi, On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, A. Tuazon wrote: > However, when I was installing the OS via floppies only, shouldn't the > installation have installed "man" for me ? Or do you still have to install > "man" after you install the system ? If you installed from floppies only with no install from CD aft

Re: Help again with command "man".

2000-08-18 Thread Ron Rademaker
You should have man, but if you don't you can download the appropiate package (man-db), just go to a local mirror, or if you don't know any to ftp.debian.org and download the file man-db_.deb, get it to your system and do: dpkg -i man-db_.deb (of course replace by the version of man-db you've down