Re: Installing packages larger than 1.44MB via floppy disks

To: Tom King <Tom.King@Alltel.com>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Installing packages larger than 1.44MB via floppy disks
From: Nebu John Mathai <mathai@ecf.utoronto.ca>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 17:03:32 -0500
Message-id: <[🔎] Pine.SGI.3.96.980217170307.5888B-100000@skule.ecf>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 34EA0240.3E7131AA@Alltel.com>

> I have installed Debian Linux on a PC that does not have a modem and is
> not on a LAN,  using floppy disks I created on my PC with a modem.  How
> do I install packages via floppy disks that are larger than 1.44MB?  Is
> there a DOS utility that I can use to split these files across several
> disks?  Thanks.

Check out SimTel ... I think they have such stuff. Never tried 'em though.


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