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Re: Dolt-lummox newbie is gonna jump!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rick Forrester)
Wed Nov 6 11:58:12 1996
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Cc: rickf@glacier.jpl.nasa.gov
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 06 Nov 1996 23:14:57 +0900."
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Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 08:39:28 -0800
From: Rick Forrester <rickf@glacier.jpl.nasa.gov>
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> 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
>
No sweat, we've all been new at some point - longer for some of us than
others, though 8^)
There are a whole set of commands for accessing data on DOS formatted
floppies. I use them all the time. Try typing "man mdir".
The m-commands (mdir, mcopy, mdel, etc) allow you to perform operations
on DOS formatted floppies with out doing a "mount...<do something>
...umount" everytime you want to access a different floppy. Very handy.
Best.
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