RE: Again,, installed base from floppies & can mount pcmcia cdrom

["Matt Wong" <matt@intelligroup.co.nz>]

Hi

> can ls the directories on the cdrom.  can migrate to "install" 
> directory.  
> find a *.deb for "i-386".  but then when i type "apt-get install 
> *deb", apt
> can't find the file.  it seems like these crazy loops go on for months
> and months.  it's exhausting.

If the cdrom is not in your sources.list file then I suggest doing:
dpkg -i package.deb

Sorry if this has been stated before, just subbed to the list.

Cheers
Matt

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Matt Wong - SAP Basis
Intelligroup Asia Pacific