--- disciple <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it in debian which showed it as .gz.
It's probably a tar and a gzipped image. The "file" command can help you there. > Since I can see the file in debian, I should be able to extract and > install.... right? How do I get the file from the floppy disk to the > hard drive on my debian box? mount /dev/fd0 /floppy cp ./foo.tar.gz /tmp cd /tmp && tar xzvf ./foo.tar.gz (adapt as appropriate) -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]