[arachne] Re: Alternate browser usages (pkunzip)

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On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 12:53:51 +1030, Greg Mayman wrote:

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>> Unzip zipslack.zip into the root directory of your hard drive.
>> (won't work correctly if unzipped into a subdir)
>> [example command]
>> pkunzip.exe -d zipslack.zip c:\<enter>

> That gives a "Warning! Insufficient Memory" error. I thought
> maybe the 16 megs of RAM wasn't sufficient.

> But I got the same error when I tried it on the Win computer with
> 80 megs of RAM and an 8 Gb HDD, although that wasn't where I
> really wanted it.

> LATER: I'm told it is because I am using an antique FAT16 unzipper, and
> it needs a FAT32 one. So I'll have to do some googling for that.

> But I want to install it on my current D: drive which is formatted as
> FAT16, since the system is running under DOS.

> Does the fact that it needs a FAT32 unzipper mean that it will have to
> be a FAT32 enviroment where it is installed?

> Does that rule out installing and using it on this computer?

Greg, this computer I am now using has a 32-bit C drive and is used for
DOS and windows.
Arachne does run fine as is pkunzip, pkzip, norton commander and many
more DOS programes.
The pkunzip.exe is dated February 1993, so 14 years old and probably
meant to function under FAT16, but does a fine job in a 32 bit
environement :-) So do not wory about that.

(A small partition of this main disk is FAT16 mainly in use for very old
DOS programs that have to be used in FAT16. One of them is a 1983
WordStar editor I still use very often... just because I like this
editor :-))

Regards, Bastiaan

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