modules renamed after copy!!
 

I'm installing Slack8.1 on an old laptop with no cd or network connection. I.ve got everything but the kernel modules installed. Here is the problem: I copied the kernel module.tgz file from the disk onto my FreeBSD box untarred it and broke it into small pieces that fit on floppies. Problem is after I coied them, they are named differently!! Example : 2.4.18 became 24~1.18 apm.o.gz becomes apmo~1.gz etc. When I tried to rename them it would not do it!!! Any Ideas????

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Hi joe83,
I don't know if "split" exists on bsd but is probable. This utility divides a file in pieces. Its default is to divide to the size of a floppy disk. To recompose the file again all you need is to cat the files. As the package is a tar file, after the recomposition you will have all the contents, filenames, etc of the original package.

The files loses their name because of fat filesystema that only support files with 8 letters as name and 3 as extention. You could format the disquette to use ext2 or compress the files with long names and uncompress them on your old machine.

Thanks osvaldomarques and gbonvehi!!!!
Another slackbox on the web thanks to your help!!
The neighborhood kid I was building it for sends his thanks also.

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