u downloaded the file from somewhere and copied it in the floppy.
And after copying to /root u tried rpm command.
does the formatting of the floppy matters while copying files from a windows
formatted floppy into a linux machine?
i don't know but confirm that also.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jini R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [LIH] Installing wvdial
> Try downloading it again it should work.
>
> Bye
>
> >From: "charmie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: [LIH] Installing wvdial
> >Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 17:01:04 +0530
> >
> >I was having a conversation with Ravi, (not sure if he's on this list)
for
> >installing wvdial on my box running Red Hat 6.0 :
> >
> >[12:42] <ravi> 5. cp /mnt/floppy/*rpm /root
> >[12:42] <ravi> 6. cd /root
> >[12:42] <ravi> 7. rpm -Uvh wvd*.rpm
> >
> >This gives me:
> >
> >error: wvdial-1.41-3.i386.rpm cannot be installed
> >error: cannot open file .rpm
> >
> >I definitely downloaded the file, wvdial-1.41-3.i366.rpm - from somewhere
I
> >can't remember, into a floppy and then copied into the RH machine.
> >
> >Can someone please help ?
> >
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
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