Hi Neil.

24-May-03 12:14:00, Neil Heller wrote to All


 NH> I just downloaded rhide.i386.rpm from www.rhide.com. That's the
 NH> good news. Now, my questions.

 NH> What is an "rpm" file, anyway.  Is it compressed?  Does it contain
 NH> other stuff inside?  If so, how can I get to that other stuff?
 NH> How can I decompress it?

it's a package specially wrapped for redhat and similar versions of linux.

 NH> The download was 2.79 MB.  I downloaded it in my Windows system.
 NH> Now I've got to get it into my Linux system.  Any ideas?

the best solution is a working network but I'll assume you're doing
without.

if you have unarj installed on your linux machine you couls arj it into two
floppy sized pieces and put each on a floppy....
(dunno if the linux zip handles multipart archives)

or you could plug your windows hard disk into your linux machine,

or you couls set up a null-modem cable, ad a getty on the linux macvhine,
and transfer it using zmodem

or slice it into pieces using some other tool and put the pieces onto
floppies and cat them back together on the linux machine.

cat chunk1 chunk2 chunk3 > fullfile

a file slicer should only be a few minutes work to write

 -=> Bye <=-

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