On 08-Feb-99 Bal K. Paudyal wrote: > I just installed Debian base from floppies to my old 486 EGA pc that does > not have CD-ROM and internet connection. Is there anyway I can install new > things there, like man pages etc.? Also some commands do not seem to be > available there with default bash shell- like fdformat, lpr etc. > > I am the first time user of Unix/Linux, so need a lots of help! Thank you!
You need to place desired packages on a floppy and install the that way. The commands you list exist in packages that you have not installed. Buy a CD-Rom or get net access. otherwise you are going to be shuffling A LOT of floppies.
