[bf1942] *blushing* NOOB ?

[Ian Merwin]

Wth? 

./bf1942_lnxded-1.6-rc1.run 
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Battlefield 1942 Dedicated Linux
Server..................................................................
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.Extraction failed.
Signal caught, cleaning up



-----Original Message-----
From: Kyle Perkins [mailto:kperkins at iastate.edu] 
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 3:25 PM
To: bf1942 at icculus.org
Subject: Re: [bf1942] *blushing* NOOB ?


That works just as well as "bash *filename*". Both recognize the 
filename as an executable.


Kyle Bernier wrote:

> ahhh thanks for the answer..just found it on google....strange i didnt
have to 
> do this when i installed i just did   ./^filename^...   thanks for the
answer tho
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
>  >From: "James Mackie"
>  >Reply-To: bf1942 at icculus.org
>  >To:
>  >Subject: RE: [bf1942] *blushing* NOOB ?
>  >Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 14:12:39 -0800
>  >
>  >It makes the file executable.. :) so that it will run and install..

> >  >James
>  >
>  >-----Original Message-----
>  >From: Kyle Bernier [mailto:krbernier at hotmail.com]
>  >Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 2:04 PM
>  >To: bf1942 at icculus.org
>  >Subject: RE: [bf1942] *blushing* NOOB ?
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >another noob question...what does chmod 755 do exactly?
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > >From: "Ian Merwin"
>  > >Reply-To: bf1942 at icculus.org
>  > >To:
>  > >Subject: RE: [bf1942] *blushing* NOOB ?
>  > >Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 15:02:04 -0700
>  > >
>  > >Thanks for your help!  You guys are GREAT!
>  > >
>  > >IanMan
>  > >
>  > >-----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
>  > >
>  > >
>  >
>  >   _____
>  >
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>  >wine at Wine @ MSN.
>  >
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