Re: [TCLUG:1239] how to break up large rpm?

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Subject: Re: [TCLUG:1239] how to break up large rpm?
From: Bob Tanner <tanner@real-time.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 16:00:27 -0500
In-Reply-To: <199809162049.PAA26200@in37.arc.umn.edu>; from Sanjay Chawla on Wed, Sep 16, 1998 at 03:49:30PM -0500
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Quoting Sanjay Chawla (chawla@s1.arc.umn.edu):
> Hi,
> 	I want to download a large rpm(> 2.4MB) at work, copy it
> onto a floppy, take it home and install it on Linux. Compressing
> the file will not be productive because these packages are, apparently,
> already compressed.
> 
> 	How can I split an rpm package across multiple files, save it
> and then restore it ?

tar -cvvMF /dev/fd0 large.rpm
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