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: shaul@rakefet.netvision.net.il
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 23:04:01 +0000
Message-id: <[🔎] m0y5IX3-000xlEC@Rakefet>
Reply-to: beitamos@netvision.net.il
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 17 Feb 1998 15:33:52 CST." <[🔎] 34EA0240.3E7131AA@Alltel.com>

If you have access to a debian system you can split files using
	1) dpkg
		or
	2) The dd command.

> 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.



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