[bf1942] *blushing* NOOB ?
James Mackie
jmackie at jmtech.ca
Sun Feb 1 17:11:54 EST 2004
Now that is a well connected server.. :)
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wget http://bf1942.lightcubed.com/dist/bf1942_lnxded-1.6-rc1.run
--14:07:10-- http://bf1942.lightcubed.com/dist/bf1942_lnxded-1.6-rc1.run
=> `bf1942_lnxded-1.6-rc1.run'
Resolving bf1942.lightcubed.com... done.
Connecting to bf1942.lightcubed.com[207.44.176.95]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 108,139,062 [text/plain]
100%[====================================>] 108,139,062 833.07K/s ETA
00:00
14:09:17 (833.07 KB/s) - `bf1942_lnxded-1.6-rc1.run' saved
[108139062/108139062]
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8Mbit download to my server.. :)
Haven't installed BF since the first beta.. Hopefully this one will work a
bit better.. :)
James
-----Original Message-----
From: James Gurney [mailto:james at globalmegacorp.org]
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 1:59 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
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