Re: Trying to understand Packages[.gz] files

1999-03-21 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: Trying to understand Packages[.gz] files Date: Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 02:13:18PM +1300 In reply to:Lloyd Blythen Quoting Lloyd Blythen([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I'm installing Debian gradually; until I get it online I have Windows, > in its own partition, set up f

Re: Trying to understand Packages[.gz] files

1999-03-17 Thread Mitch Blevins
In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > I think this got lost - apologies if this is its second time around. > > I'm installing Debian gradually; until I get it online I have Windows, > in its own partition, set up for Internet use. I use Windows to download > Debian packages I'm interested in onto my ha

Trying to understand Packages[.gz] files

1999-03-17 Thread Lloyd Blythen
I think this got lost - apologies if this is its second time around. I'm installing Debian gradually; until I get it online I have Windows, in its own partition, set up for Internet use. I use Windows to download Debian packages I'm interested in onto my hard drive, creating a partial mirror of th

Trying to understand Packages[.gz] files

1999-03-17 Thread Lloyd Blythen
I'm installing Debian gradually; until I get it online I have Windows, in its own partition, set up for Internet use. I use Windows to download Debian packages I'm interested in onto my hard drive, creating a partial mirror of the Debian distribution; I then install those packages by accessing the