Creating 1.743MB Debian Rescue Disk

Hi, Recently I downloaded the latest Debian disk images from ftp.debian.org. However I noticed that the rescue disk image was not the usual resc1440.bin, instead it was resc1743.bin. I have Debian Linux running on my PC at home, however I am having problems using superformat/fdformat and dd to

Where is Perl Base for Debian v2.0 (Hamm)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, I am a newbie who is trying to upgrade from Debian 1.3.1 r6 to Debian v2.0 (Hamm). However I am unable to find the Perl Base package required for the upgrade using the autoup.sh script. Can someone point me to the correct place? Thanks. Best

Newbie Setting up Fonts Server in X Windows

Hi, I recently installed Debian 1.3 and X Window on my machine. I tried running AfterStep but it complained about some fonts (Adobe-Helvetica ...) not found. I encountered the same font problem with other apps as well. I used xinit to start. Please correct me if I am wrong, but I

Installing large packages from DOS formatted diskette

Hi, I am a newbie to Debian. Recently I installed Debian 1.3 on my PC from diskettes. It is working fine. However I downloaded some Debain packages which are larger than 1.44M (diskette size). How can I install these packages? I have DOS/Windows tools like pkzip, arj, gzip but I am not sure how

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Hi, When I install Debian packages (from diskette) using dselect, I am asked for the packages.gz. Where can I get this file? Best Regards, Chee Seng ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]