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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > make the loop larger - but could the instructions be
> > posted at the Bl3 site as a FAQ?
>
> I have not posted the instructions for increasing the
> size of the loop file because I don't want to encourage
> new users to do that.  It is much better for them to put
> BL3 on its own HD partition (using install-to-hd).

What makes the ext2 version better than the loop version?


> > after setting up a plip or serial pppd transfer cable
> > connection, instead of sending the .tgz files to the DOS
> > or ext2 directory, is there some simple way to install
> > the packages over the connection
>
> Yes.  On the receiving machine (where you want to
> install the package), do the following:
> -------
> cd /
> receive
> -------
>
> On the sending machine, do the following:
> -------------------------------
> cat package.tgz | nc address 33
> -------------------------------
> package.tgz = the package you want to install
> address     = the address (or name) of receiving machine
>
> For example to install smbclien.tgz on lois:
> -----------------------------
> cat smbclien.tgz | nc lois 33
> -----------------------------


Does this do the equivalent of pkg (i. e., unpack the files and run any 
scripts to make symlinks)?


If I want to install all the packages in a directory, can I do
cat *.tgz ......  ?

Netcat is doing something to computer lois at port 33?  All I could get 
from man nc is that it has something to do with networking.

This seems like a much simpler way than file transfer followed by pkg and 
does not require space on the destination computer for the package files. 
Thanks!


> Cheers,
> Steven
>
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