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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!news.iastate.edu!musik From: musik@iastate.edu () Subject: Getting software to my machine... Message-ID: <1992Jun30.184937.23089@news.iastate.edu> Originator: musik@pv7b8a.vincent.iastate.edu Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1992 18:49:37 GMT Lines: 23 O.K... so this is going to be a totally inane question... but... I would really like to know this _before_ I install 386BSD. (I'm waiting for R0.1 anyway...) How, once the OS and FS and all are installed, do I get software to my machine? Weird question, right? Well... I would assume that I'll have to use floppies... however... what format can/should I use? Here at ISU, we have DECstations w/FDD's available... will I be able to write to a floppy on the DECst. (which is on Inet) and then copy from that floppy to my HD? What commands/options should I be looking in to to do this? I suppose I could just use kermit to transfer stuff (ick) but, I have to get the kermit source on my machine somehow, too! :) Sorry if this is a stupid question... NewsReplies or Mail, either way. Thanx, Damien Guay musik@iastate.edu