[bf1942] *blushing* NOOB ?

[Ian Merwin]

WHOA - I just used wget from SSH and my download time is 5mins on the
file (280K/s) (thanks for the tip -- Ill never forget that one!)  That
tip saved me literally HOURS!

Thanks again!




-----Original Message-----
From: James Gurney [mailto:james at globalmegacorp.org] 
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 2:59 PM
To: bf1942 at icculus.org
Subject: Re: [bf1942] *blushing* NOOB ?


Ian Merwin wrote:

> Question #1:  What should the file size be?

108139062 bytes

> Question #2: Do I need to download the 65.2mb file AND the 6.5 patch

You need to download the 104MB one.

> Question #3: Im using SSH to communicate with my remote Linux server.
> Can I download directly to it from the command line in Linux? INSTEAD
of 
> downloading to my WinXP machine then FTPing to the Linux box? *major 
> waste of time*  (The server is an hours drive away). I have DSL
384/128.

Probably. Try wget or curl:

wget http://bf1942.lightcubed.com/dist/bf1942_lnxded-1.6-rc1.run

or

curl http://bf1942.lightcubed.com/dist/bf1942_lnxded-1.6-rc1.run

If you don't have either installed, Google for instructions on how to 
install them for your distrobution.

> Question #4:  Any news on the BFSMD for the new patch?

No idea.

> Question #5: Is this a complete install -- meaning I should put it in 
> a
> NEW directiory (eg. bf1942_1.6/) and start it seperately so our
current 
> running install isn't interfered with?

Yes. Download the file, chmod 755 it, and run it. It will ask what dir 
to extract to. See the full details here:

http://www.bf1942.lightcubed.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=920

James