On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 16:15, Warren Post wrote: > How can I split a large file across multiple floppy disks and reassemble > them on another computer? In that other OS, I would use Winzip or a > similar tool, but I don't see how to do it either with Gnozip or from > the command line. > > Specifically, here's my situation. I've downloaded a 3 MB Windows > executable on my Linux box, which I need to install on a Windows box. I > don't have CD-R, so I have to split the file across several floppies.
I was going to suggest using "tar", but it's a Windows machine - crickey. IBM has a utility that does exactly that - but WHERE on the IBM site it is, is another matter. I had to do some work on an IBM laptop and found it as a freely downloadable utility - if you're into the pain and torture of searching through the IBM software site, you might find it...it was small, but worked like a charm... -- Mon Jun 30 21:35:00 EST 2003 21:35:00 up 5 days, 21:21, 3 users, load average: 1.39, 1.23, 1.09 ----------------------------------------------------------------- | __ __ |kuhn media australia | | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------- linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 & RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Say my love is easy had, Say I'm bitten raw with pride, Say I am too often sad -- Still behold me at your side. Say I'm neither brave nor young, Say I woo and coddle care, Say the devil touched my tongue -- Still you have my heart to wear. But say my verses do not scan, And I get me another man! -- Dorothy Parker, "Fighting Words"
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