Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Mon, 14 Apr 1997 19:43:32 +0400
From:      "Ozz !!!" <osa@techsz.msk.ru>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Fw: Howto load packages from floppies?
Message-ID:  <199704141542.TAA03111@techsz.msk.ru>

next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help

> 
> On Sat, 12 Apr 1997, jmcab wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I am downloading packages like Kermit via ftp & saving on a floppy.
> > Then I use the floppy on my FreeBSD box (which has no cd or working
modem yet).
> > How do I copy or load the package file from the floppy to my harddrive?
> 
> mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
or 
mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
> 
> cp /mnt/filexxxx.tgz fully_expanded_filename.tgz
> 
> pkg_add fully_expanded_filename.tgz
Or run pkg_manage, its a simply
> 
> Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
> Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
> http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
> 
Ozz,
osa@techsz.msk.ru



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199704141542.TAA03111>