Throwing this back over the fence where more folks can possibly help... On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 12:48:38PM +0100, Paul Hewson wrote: > >If you're stuck doing the floppy shuffle, check out the split command. > >You can reattach split files with cp file1+file2... filename. > > That's the bit I can't fathom with dselect. I can do this separately, > transferring the files from floppy into a /deb and running cat then using dpkg > -i, but I can't figure out how to do this with dselect. I'm sure at least > once upon a time there must have been a way of naming a set of split files in > a way dselect understands. I wonder if I can put a sym-link on a floppy? No, you have to copy the file together. There is no avoiding this if you insist on doing it the hard way (ie, using floppies). 8:o) > I guess you're right about the network access; the machine currently has none > but I will try and get a pcmcia modem or similar and go from there. That's your best option. -- Baloo
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