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Posted: Mar. 02 2007,05:04

Google shows you are following this? http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/dsl-hd-install.html
It looks like those instructions are outdated. Unless you are using some old version of DSL, you should grab the dsl-dpkg from MyDSL.

So, given with my warnings... if you want to continue, you'll need todo
tar zxvf dpkg.tar.gz

Note that apt-get update will NOT work, since I believe the default repos sources are downloaded from the internet (unless you have some repos cd's)

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Posted: Mar. 02 2007,07:01

I did use what was on the link because I didnt know what to do. So is there any other way to get the file instead of myDSL? I am assuming that an internet connection is required for that.

Also if I did put in the dpkg.tar.gz, shouldnt I be able to use dpkg? I am not to worried about apt. All I want to do is to install a Dos emu for this that came in a .deb file. I really dont know much about linux.

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Posted: Mar. 03 2007,00:10

Yes you need the internet as it is not provided on the cd. You can use any mirror, such as http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/mydsl/

Which DSL version are you using?
Yes you can still use dpkg... though I'm unsure whether that package would still work for newer DSL versions.

Note that dosbox is also available in MyDSL if you need a dos emu.

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Posted: Mar. 03 2007,01:19

I am using the newest version. I found all the files that I needed, thanks. Im not sure how to load the .dsl files though, do they need to be put in a certain directory? Sorry I have no idea what to do.