On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 05:04:35PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Hello, > > I am working since 03/1999 with Debian successfuly. For some month > I have lost my last Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Workstation (I have > never had Win32) by a lightning-stroke and now I am M$-Free. > > I am working on a very difficult Job in near east ans need the > Floppy-Installation. > > For SLINK 2.1r5 it was no problem... 7 Base-Floppys and 73 Packages > Floppys. > > Now I have tried it with WOODY but it does not work because > dpkg-scanpackages... > > The Version of SLINK was supporting the X-Medium Flag and if I have > registerd all Floppys apt-get was asking about the numbered Floppy. > > Now in WOODY it does not work anymore... > > OK, I can register all Floppys, but when I install somthing, it tell > me to put the Floppy in... I habe 140 Floppys - Where ist the *.deb ? > > The Other thing I have tried is to make the whole Directory tree, a > Packages- and Release-File and add the 'X-Medium: ' manualy to it. > Unfortunately the 'X-Medium:' is not recognised by WOODY. > > Question: > ========= > > Is there a solution like the CD-Rom Installation which ask for a > numberd Medium ? or must I port dpkg-scanpackages for WOODY ? > Maybe staticaly linked ??`? > > I was thinking to make for each Floppy a Packages- and Release-File > and put all 280 Files in a Package which installs in /var/lib/apt/lists > So no one must make the DJ after installing the BASE to register the > other 114 Floppys...
And I thought you were _kidding_. Wouldn't it be easier to set up an old hard drive with the stuff you need and hook it up to the secondary IDE? Much faster than reading 114 floppies, one at a time. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
