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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1626 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 14:51:02 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!news.itd.umich.edu!nosegoblin.css.itd.umich.edu!pauls From: pauls@css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Installation Question Date: 19 Feb 1993 03:07:40 GMT Organization: University of Michigan ITD Consulting and Support Services Lines: 31 Message-ID: <1m1its$5p1@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu> References: <1993Feb19.003821.26966@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nosegoblin.css.itd.umich.edu In article <1993Feb19.003821.26966@netcom.com> mdpc@netcom.com (M. D. Parker) writes: >Now I am stuck. I can download the distribution files to my connected UNIX >system but how do I get them on a floppy for installation purposes? Your installed kit of base utilities off the installation disk includes "mread" which will read MS-DOS formatted disks. You can save them to floppies in DOS format (ie, from a net-connected DOS machine) and then read them into /tmp on your machine. mread a:*.* /tmp I think that's the usage. Otherwise you can look into tip, and perhaps call a dialup modem to access your unix account from your 386BSD machine to download the files over the phone. The floppies suggestion is a no-brainer solution, but you will swap a lot of floppies. Be sure you downloaded (ftp) in binary format, and be prepared to get a few files that might not match checksum when you are done copying them from ftp site to your unix machine to another machine to floppy to your 386bsd machine. You'll have to go back for the ones that were bad. When you're done copying onto your /tmp directory, type "extract bin01" or "extract etc01" etc. There is no install script for the etc distribution, so don't worry when it gives you an error when it looks for the install script. Paul Southworth pauls@umich.edu