Subject: Re: Installing S/W without FTP or CD-ROM
To: Chris <smirks@mail.eclipse.net>
From: Kevin Havener <havenerk@Walden.MO.NET>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/18/1998 23:42:03
Thanks.  That's what I couldn't remember.  Still can't remember where it was 
that I saw it.  Maybe in the installer docs?  Thanks again.

                                       Kevin

On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, Chris wrote:

> Kevin,
> Enter the mini shell in the installer. 
> Once there type 'cpin macintosh:path:to:tar.gz /unix/path/to/dir/tar.gz'
> Thats it! And to get tar balls out, the the exact oppsite using cpout.
> 
> Chris
> 
> On Sun, 18 Jan 1998, Kevin Havener wrote:
> 
> > This is a stupid question and I apologize.  I'd like to install a 
> > couple of programs--dt and a ppp setup thingy--but how do I get the 
> > tarballs to the BSD side of my Mac?  I don't have a CD-ROM or my 
> > isp/dialup/ppp set up on NetBSD yet.  It is my understanding 
> > that the floppy drive does me no good at this point.  How do I mount the 
> > Mac partitions?  I have seen the answer to this somewhere but I've 
> > searched for two days and I can't find it again.  I also assume the 
> > installer is not useful for this task.
> > 
> >                                    Feeling Idiotic
> >                                    Kevin
> > 
> > 
>