HD Install :: Gnu-utils without internet connection in DSL



Well, I'm new here so forgive me my stupid questions :)

I bought an old Toshiba Portege 300CT on ebay (no cdrom, no net) and managed to do a HD-Install with only the floppy drive (keeping the Win98 intact). I haven't figured out the right keyboard and how to set the correct screen resolution (1024x600 I guess), but that's not so important right now.

I wanted to "Upgrade to GNU Utils" and I obviously get the message that the files could not be downloaded. I copied them with a USB stick to /home/dsl, but when I retried, the script tried to download ...

Now (finally  :) ) to my questions:
- How can I Upgrade to GNU Utils without an internet connection?
- How can I determine which script is run when I choose some menu?
- I copied files from /mnt/sda1 and they showed the right size, but after some time when I check again, the showed up as 0 bytes. What happened?

Thanks for your help
Werner
Hopefully, here are some answers to the questions you are looking for:
1. myDSL is also available from http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/mydsl/
2. open up ~/.fluxbox/menu as plain text
3. What do you mean?  Please describe in detail.
Werner,

You don't have to use the myDsl in the control panel or icon.  If you have a file already downloaded open up emelfm, highlight the file name, and click the mydsl button.
Thanks for your answers. I could solve my problem.
I opened up ~/.fluxbox/menu to determine which script is running and commented the lines to fetch the files.
And .. the files show the right size (no idea what happened).

One more thing: where is the mydsl button in emelfm. I have some buttons like copy, move etc., but none is labeled mydsl.
Scroll up the middle column - sometimes it gets hidden
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