Re: apt with smbmount

1999-08-20 Thread Marc Haber
On Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:08:07 -0700, you wrote: >I'm installing slink on a friend's old '486, with a CD rom which is >smbmounted from a drive on his win98 box. >I can access the .deb files okay, and can do 'dpkg -i file.deb', but >'apt-get install ' is broken because the symlinks on the CD >aren't f

Re: apt with smbmount

1999-08-19 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Stephen Pitts wrote: > > Is there any way to get apt-get to work on an smbmounted CD rom? > > I'm considering installing personal web server on the '98 box and > > serving up the CD as http or ftp if smbmount won't work. > Yes, but that wouldn't work either, because no mic

Re: apt with smbmount

1999-08-19 Thread Stephen Pitts
On Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 09:08:07AM -0700, David Karlin wrote: > Hello, > I'm installing slink on a friend's old '486, with a CD rom which is > smbmounted from a drive on his win98 box. > I can access the .deb files okay, and can do 'dpkg -i file.deb', but > 'apt-get install ' is broken because the

apt with smbmount

1999-08-19 Thread David Karlin
Hello, I'm installing slink on a friend's old '486, with a CD rom which is smbmounted from a drive on his win98 box. I can access the .deb files okay, and can do 'dpkg -i file.deb', but 'apt-get install ' is broken because the symlinks on the CD aren't followed. Is there any way to get apt-get to w