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Article #57521Re: Adding Packages ro a RedHat Installation without re-installing.
From: BrisBiker
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 00:00
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In article <51ajal$egt@student.anu.edu.au>, David Gibson says... > >Phil Howlett (howlett@rta.nsw.gov.au) wrote: >: Hi, > >: The answer to this question is probably right under my nose.. but.. > >: I've installed RedHat 3.0.3 using just the Base system only via floppy >: disks. Yes, I'm the same (or nearly so). >: My problem is, that if I now want to install the Networking disk, (or any >: other disk set for that matter), how do I install them? I've searched for >: the installation script, but I couldn't find it. The perl scripts are on RAM disk 2. Whether this will be of any assistance, I've yet to decide. > Yes. Much better in fact than Slackware's in my opinion. The install >disks should contain a whole lot of files with a .rpm extension. This stands >for "Redhat package manager". You install them with the command line utility >rpm or using a front end such as glint which comes with the distribution - >you may not have installed this though. > Look at the rpm(8) man page. Yes, done that. The rpm utility is a vast improvement on a simple script IMHO, but I now have a different problem. The boot foppy is MS-DOS FAT format, the RAMdisks 1 and 2 are EXT2, but I'm unable to mount any of my other 40-odd RedHat floppies, including ones I've previously installed! Mount always says 'wrong fs type or bad superblock on /dev/fd0' Any suggestions?
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