On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, Bill Leach wrote: > Maybe someone can confirm this for certain but isn't this exactly the > sort of thing that "rawwrite.exe" does? If that is the case, then you > can copy the files "in specified sized pieces" and then use either > rawwrite on the target machine under DOS or dd under Linux (if dd is in > the base system).
I don't think that this is really what rawwrite is ment for. It provides a method to circumvent DOS' filesystem interface. That way you can write something (ie. a linux kernel) to the bootsector part of a floppy. If you write a .deb to diskette in "raw" format, how do you plan to get it off later? > > I have installed Debian Linux on a PC that does not have a modem and > > is not on a LAN, using floppy disks I created on my PC with a modem. > > How do I install packages via floppy disks that are larger than > > 1.44MB? Is there a DOS utility that I can use to split these files > > across several disks? Thanks. Go to www.digital.altavista.com and search for "sploiner" It does exactly what you want and also provides some nice redundancy options - saves the day when you put netscape.tar.gz on a gazillion 720Kb floppies and one turns out to be slightly defective when you come home. Cheers, Joost -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
