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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
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