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From: Learner Driver
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:00

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Hi all,
Newby to Linux so here is my concern.
I downloaded 485 mb from ftp.is.co.za. (ISDN Rules!)
Now I've got the redhat 5.2 dir, the dosutils, rpms, fips and some others...
I copied the files in their dir structure to a spare hdd from my win95 pc.
This hdd I put into my linux box, did the fips thing and all that but when
installing form disk I point to the 500md hdd Linux said "no installation
tree found. Where is the RedHat\rpms directory?"
 Has the file names been changed to filnam~1.ext ??
I even tried for a cd that I had cut for the installation but this brings up
the same error. Is this because of fat? or dos partition. I do not have a
install cd and all the howto I have read assumes that I have got one. No-one
seems to think that someone is mad enough to download  it all.


Thanks

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Date: 1999/02/18
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