A newbie chicken and egg question

[John <laptop@i-zone.demon.co.uk>]

Hello

I have debian stable (base only) installed on a 400mb partition on my
laptop. I am trying to install manpages so that I may look up answers to
the questions I may have (like configuring to facilitate an ftp install
via ppp of additional components). 

What I am trying to do is to download the required programs and
dependencies for manpages on the win95 partition, transfer to floppy
with rawrite, and install from there. I have no cdrom drive, which is
why I have to install in such a roundabout fashion initially. 

I therefore need to know

1. what the name of the manpages archive is
2. the required dependencies relative to a base installation
3. how to install a particular file in the appropiate location without
going through the GUI.

Apologies if I appear to be trying to re-invent the wheel. If there is
an easier way to accomplish what I am trying to, please tell me or pont
me to the appropiate URL.

Thanks. 

John


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