Will hat gesagt: // Will wrote:

> Ok. I'm new here.  First, I have all these nifty programs sitting on
> msdos floppys, but I can't find out how to access the floppies to run
> dpkg.  (yes I have MSDOS compat. installed, yes, I'm reading every FAQ I
> can find) also, does debian come with a X windows program?  If not,
> where can I find a good one?
> 
You have installed the debian base system yet, don't you? If so, you can access
DOS-formatted floppies by "mounting" them into your file system.
Walk this way:
        1) Log in as user "root"
        2) Read the man page for mount with "man mount"
        3) Type the command:
        mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
                        ^ this should be your floppy device
        4) then change dir to /mnt with 
        cd /mnt
        5) "ls" should give you the listing of your floppy disc.
        6) DON`T remove the floppy before you have unmounted it with
           umount /mnt

Debian comes with X-Windows. You have to install the package xbase and an 
xserver for your card.
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