newbie can't install packages from floppy

[Darryl Röthering]

What is the proper procedure for installing packages from a floppy? I 
downloaded them via my NT box (hiss, hiss) at work, but can't seem to read 
them (dpkg -info, or dpkg --install) when I mount the floppy as type vfat. 
What additionally puzzles me is that after I get the package I want from the 
web site, I get a list of ftp sites to get it from, but never get an option 
for the architecture involved. Don't these packages contain binaries?

TIA,
Darryl
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