Re: HELP --- Installation frustration...

hello;

please forgive the lack of capital letters and any typographical
errors. i am recoverying from left shoulder surgery and typing
one-handed.

you should have the following on the linux machine.

zip
zipinfo
unzip

there is no need to move any zip file to any machine running
windows or dos.

once you have the zip file unzipped there is no need to
copy it to a floopy since it is on the machine running linux
already.

you may also want to find some in your area who has been using
linux for awhile. contact them and ask for their help.

no you do not need any other operating to install linux.


where did you get setupRT.zip from?

i may have missed your original post, would you be
able to outline what you have done sofar to install
rt-linux, emc, even linux?

i will attempt to provide what help i am able to at a
distance.

On Sat, 2 Oct 1999, Clint Bach wrote:

> From: Clint Bach <clintbach@...>
>
> Well........
>
> It shouldn't be quite as bad as hazing. An example is I have
> "setupRT.zip" downloaded to my machine for scripting the installation of
> rtlinux. One of the first things to do is "from a win9x or winNT
> machine unzip such and such file to a floppy"... (not an exact quote)
> Geez give me a break! I downloaded it to a linux machine... I somehow
> have to get the file into a windows machine, unzip the file to a floppy
> to run on a linux machine. I admit that I don't know much about linux
> and probably even less about windoze but I do believe it would be easier
> for me to be able to install all of the programs and stuff from at least
> one platform with only one OS involved. Please excuse my ignorance but
> can I just unzip the setupRT.zip file and run it from linux? I don't
> know how to do that in linux yet... I'm trying very hard to get this
> together. I have invested a lot of time so far. For me to just get
> that installation file onto a floppy I have to swap out the hard drive
> on my computer so I can run windows, and probably email myself the file
> before I change out the hard drives because all my email with the url's
> are on the linux hard drive. (Unzipping a file from a windoze box was
> not in my wildest dreams when I downloaded the files originally...) Then
> I have to swap the hard drives again and install RTlinux. There are
> other alternatives of course. A dual boot system... (I tried it but it
> didn't work for me) I could also use someone else's Windoze machine to
> download the proper files and make the disk. I could also network a
> windows machine with my linux machine. (Yuck! More headaches!)
>
> So, now that I vented some of my frustration... Can I convert that zip
> file to a usable floppy disk with Linux? If it can be done how do it?
> Don't these newbie linux questions just drive you crazy? Does it
> -really- take windows to install linux?
>
> Thanks for the great job everyone has been doing on these projects!!!
>
> Clint Bach
>
>
> Steve Carlisle wrote:
> >
> > From: "Steve Carlisle" <quatsein@...>
> >
> > This Linux/EMC thing is similar to a hazing ritual. Everyone
> > has to invest the time to play the game. If people do not have
> > the time to invest, they should consider other programs, more
> > money, less time.
> >
> > Steve Carlisle
> >
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