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From: "Ozz !!!" <osa@techsz.msk.ru>
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Subject: Fw: Howto load packages from floppies?
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 19:43:32 +0400
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> 
> On Sat, 12 Apr 1997, jmcab wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I am downloading packages like Kermit via ftp & saving on a floppy.
> > Then I use the floppy on my FreeBSD box (which has no cd or working
modem yet).
> > How do I copy or load the package file from the floppy to my harddrive?
> 
> mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
or 
mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
> 
> cp /mnt/filexxxx.tgz fully_expanded_filename.tgz
> 
> pkg_add fully_expanded_filename.tgz
Or run pkg_manage, its a simply
> 
> Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
> Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
> http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
> 
Ozz,
osa@techsz.msk.ru