Re: Installing packages larger than 1.44MB via floppy disks
On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, Nebu John Mathai wrote:
> > 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 ftp://simula.efis.ucr.ac.cr/pub/programming/djgpp/v1/
There are two utilities split.exe and merge.exe. Sources for both are in
the same place. Any site which mirrors djgpp will also have them.
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<rmag@simula.efis.ucr.ac.cr> Roberto Magana. Escuela de Fisica UCR.
(The Physics Dept. University of Costa Rica.)
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