Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 20:01:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Dima Dorfman <dima@zwb.net> To: djv@bedford.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I have a question ;O) Message-ID: <199806040001.UAA07901@nwalme.pair.com> In-Reply-To: <199806032028.QAA03053@lucy.bedford.net> from CyberPeasant at "Jun 3, 98 04:28:14 pm"
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Just a comment: Apache doesn't run on W95, and, unlikey, NT. > Marty Landman wrote: > > This is really about Apache and I apologize in advance but I couldn't > > find a link on their page for questions, nor could I find the answer > > looking around their site. Hope you can help, the answer might be > > trivial to you, not to me though until I know what it is. > > > > I downloaded apache, and once I can get it up and running expect to do > > freebsd next, then perl. > > Problem is I downloaded "apache_1_3b7_tar.tar". When opened Windows > > says it's a WinZip file, and when I then run WinZip I get "error reading > > header after processing 0 entries". My config is > > I'm surprised you didn't have to reload W95 from cdrom :) > > > Win95/Netscape 4.06 although I also have MS IE and Mosaic installed on > > my machine, and an as yet uninstalled Lynx 2.8. Not to mention AOL, > > which I hope we don't have to mention. > > > > I am assuming I've downloaded the right stuff but simply don't have the > > tools needed to 'untar' the files? > > Please help. > > > > Also if you can save me the email later and let me know how to go about > > getting freebsd... like I said, I'd love to use it. I guess it all > > starts with the patchy-tary tcp/ip software. > > I think you are putting the cart before the horse: > > Freebsd is not a W95 application, but an independent operating system. > It doesn't operate with W95. They have no code in common, except what > M$ may have secretly borrowed over the years. > > So... > > Forget Windoze. > Install FreeBSD (perl comes with it, as does an apache package). > > See www.freebsd.org for full details. Besides installation information, > theres a tutorial under the "documents" link for M$ people starting in > Unix. > > Dave > -- > DISCLAIMER: If it can be disclaimed, it is. > DISCLAIMER: In particular, I don't represent any organization. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Dima Dorfman (dima@zwb.net) "640k ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981 Micro$oft Sucks! FreeBSD Rules! http://www.freebsd.org/ Finger dima@zwb.net for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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