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From: brian@ui-gate.utell.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Spliting Distribution files
Date: 18 Feb 1997 14:14:35 GMT
Organization: Utell International
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Vijay Konkimalla (vijay.konkimalla@ed.atl.sita.int) wrote:
: Vijay Konkimalla wrote:
: > Could someone point out how to split the tgz or other distribution files
: > to fit on floppy disks. (I need this to load X and other packages onto
: > my FreeBSD).
:
: OOPS, my fault,
: I actually meant tool to split the tgz or other distribution files on
: MSDOS/Win95 platform.
You should be able to find a copy of dd that runs under DOS around.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@utell.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !