Re: Has ANYONE installed from vfat copied distributuon, HOW?

1999-09-10 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 17:15:03 -0700, John Miskinis wrote: > HAS ANYONE EVER INSTALLED PACKAGES FROM A VFAT FILE SYSTEM such > as this? Yes, more or less. > Can I somehow "hack" up the directories to simulate the links? An easier solution is just to install the base system (you should be able

Has ANYONE installed from vfat copied distributuon, HOW?

1999-09-10 Thread John Miskinis
Hello, I recently copied the entire 2.1 CD to c:\debiancd using windows 95, to avoid CDROM problems, and am now persuing a hard disk based install. It appears that the install expects symbolic links to work. I poked around and these "links" appear to be 0 length files, even under Windows 95. H