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- From: cummings@hammer.Prime.COM (Kevin Cummings)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Help Gcc, ftp tcp/ip, x
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.114419@hammer.Prime.COM>
- Date: 31 Jul 92 15:44:19 GMT
- References: <1992Jul31.201047.229@lincoln.ac.nz>
- Sender: cummings@hammer (Kevin Cummings)
- Organization: Prime Computer R&D
- Lines: 59
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- In article <1992Jul31.201047.229@lincoln.ac.nz>, bell2@lincoln.ac.nz writes:
- > Help! Installing Gcc , X
- > Query: FTP & tcp/ip
- >
- > I have installed linux 0.96c with modest success, I now have a basic
- > system set up on a 386 ,80mb drive ,1.2mb & 1.44mb floppies,+ trident svga
- > and an ethernet card,
- >
- > The hard drive is partitioned with
- > 40mb MS-dos 5.0
- > 40mb Linux
- > 3mb MS-dos (available for sacrifice)
- >
- > I'm impressed so far, I thought that installing a *nix on an x86
- > would be a bit of a nightmare, how wrong could I be.
- >
- > However,
- > I'm am having trouble installing GCC 2.xx on my system, the method I
- > have been using to install other software is as follows,
- >
- > 1. FTP files onto a VAXstation (I have it on my desk)
- > I have a VMS version of TAR & COMPRESS/UNCOMPRESS
- > (which can be quite useful at times)
- >
- > 2. uncompress the files on the VAX
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Try leaving the file in comprerssed format.
-
- > 3. Transfer tar files to the 386 using ftp from dos
-
- Transfer the .tar.Z files to the 386
-
- > 4. copy the tar files to floppy using rawrite2
-
- Copy the .tar.Z files to the floppy using rawrite2
-
- > 5. Boot linux and read the disks.
-
- Boot LINUX and read the disks. The uncompress the tar files under LINUX.
-
- > The problem is that this won't work for tar files larger than 1.44mb
- >
- > i.e. 2.xxdb.tar,2.xxmisc.tar
-
- Ah, but the compressed images WILL fit on either 5.25 or 3.5 inch disks!
-
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