Re: fdos, and ncftp

1997-06-12 Thread Daniel J. Mashao
On 10 Jun 1997, Alair Pereira do Lago wrote: > > There already is a package with ncftp. It is in the non-free tree on any > > decent debian-ftp-server. You won't find the non-free tree on most > > "Cheap"-CDs like Cheap-Bytes (I think) or Infomagic's (I know) >

Re: fdos, and ncftp

1997-06-10 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, 9 Jun 1997, Carl Fink wrote: > Two questions: I'll leave the other for someone else, since I installed dosemu by getting the sources and compiling it myself. > > As for NcFTP -- can a mere newbie user request a new package? I'm > used to NcFTP, which I've used on Panix (Sun) and on my

Re: fdos, and ncftp

1997-06-10 Thread Alair Pereira do Lago
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > There already is a package with ncftp. It is in the non-free tree on any > decent debian-ftp-server. You won't find the non-free tree on most > "Cheap"-CDs like Cheap-Bytes (I think) or Infomagic's (I know) You guessed wrong. Ch

Re: fdos, and ncftp

1997-06-10 Thread Randy Edwards
> (i.e. dosemu) that fdos is recommended, but not available. In fact, a > search of the Debian FTP structure shows that there *is* no fdos > package. What's up? With the new package of dosemu, fdos comes as part of dosemu and therefore isn't used as a separate package any more.

Re: fdos, and ncftp

1997-06-10 Thread freak
> As for NcFTP -- can a mere newbie user request a new package? I'm > used to NcFTP, which I've used on Panix (Sun) and on my home machine > under OS/2. Sure, I could compile it myself, but I'm afraid that as > soon as I do, a package would be released and I'd have a hard time > upgrading. :-)

Re: fdos, and ncftp

1997-06-10 Thread Christoph Lameter
Those packages are in the non-free or contrib sections which are usually not included on CD-Rom. Try ftp.debian.org. In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: : Two questions: : I'm trying to set up a Debian system using a disk from Cheap*Bytes : (part of their 5-disk set). dselect says for a c

fdos, and ncftp

1997-06-10 Thread Carl Fink
Two questions: I'm trying to set up a Debian system using a disk from Cheap*Bytes (part of their 5-disk set). dselect says for a couple of packages (i.e. dosemu) that fdos is recommended, but not available. In fact, a search of the Debian FTP structure shows that there *is* no fdos package. Wha