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Re: Dolt-lummox newbie is gonna jump!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (DERR)
Wed Nov 6 11:37:42 1996
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 10:24:33 -0600
From: DERR <jjdfri@txdirect.net>
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Khalid S. Al-Khater wrote:
>
> Don't Jump
>
> Just mount and umount your floppies one after another and copy the RPM files to say /tmp
> you do that like this
>
> mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy (make sure you've floppy in your /mnt directory)
> cd /mnt/floppy
> cp * /tmp
>
> umount /mnt/floppy
>
> and do the same for all the floppies.
>
> I've used this method before and it works. I hope it works for you!
>
> --
Or you cound mount your DOS partition with a command like:
mount -t msdos -rw /dev/hda1 /windows
Whereas /dev/hda1 is the drive that Windows is on. You'll have to type:
mkdir /windows
first though.
-DERR
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> ----------
> > From: Lance Cummings <lance@iac.co.jp>
> > To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> > Subject: Dolt-lummox newbie is gonna jump!
> > Date: Wednesday, November 06, 1996 5:14 PM
> >
> > Can someone please solve this problem for me before
> > I grab my tower and jump out the window with it?
> >
> > I have downloaded the various Colgate updates and
> > fixes listed on the errata pages.
> >
> > I have them on DOS floppies.
> >
> > I need to get them into a Linux directory so that glint
> > or rpm can read them.
> >
> > I have tried to do this several ways, but none of them
> > worked. Stress is a killer. Please speak slowly and
> > use little words. Remember, I know verrrrry little.
> >
> > --The dolt-lummox newbie
> >
> >
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