> > I can put files on the hfs volume, > > > > how can I install all the goodies from within linux > > once it is in the hfs volume? > mkdir /mnt/cdrom > mount -t hfs /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom > then dpg-install file.deb Don't ever try to run dpkg -i *.deb off a HFS partition. First copy the packages to a Linux (i.e. ext2) filesystem). Michael