On Sun, Aug 01, 1999 at 05:21:29PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sun, 01 Aug 1999 02:06:12 -0500 John Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> Wait! Hold the phone. I tried entering "nslookup ftp.uu.net" > >and got an address, so I entered "ftp ftp.uu.net" and connected! "ftp > ftp.netscape.com also connects. > >> Cripes. Something so simple! Entering ftp.netscape.com from > >the ftp> prompt gets "invalid command". You have to clear the prompt and > type in the first "ftp". > >> Anyway, I went to /pub and found a large "communicator" file. > >Any chance this may be the holy grail? -- Max > >_________________________________________________________ > >No, just a dim flicker of light in a long dark tunnel. > >You need this file > > > >/pub/communicator/4.6/english/unix/unsupported/linux20_glibc2/complete_install/communicator-v46-export.x86-unknown-linuxglibc2.0.tar.gz > > > >and use the netscape 4 installer from debian. Place the downloaded > >file in the /tmp directory and when you use dselect to install the > >netscape4 installer, it will automatically install and set up netscap > communicator. > >-- > >John Foster > >AdVance-Computing Systems > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >ICQ# 19460173 > ___________________________________________________________________ > > John-- On Brian's advice, I went last night to /pub/communicator/4.6 > /english/unix/unsupported/linux20_glibc2/complete_install. First, I > downloaded the README & checked it out. Then, as root, I started > downloading communicator-v46-export.x86-unknown-linuxlibc.2.0.tar.gz into > /tmp. For 3 hours it happily strung #####'s across the screen, until, > suddenly, it stopped. On another console I checked my connection. > Terminated. I went to /tmp, and the found file there (or at least part > of it). Just to see what would happen, I tried to unzip it. The message > read: "No space left on device." > Sheesh. My root partition is 40 megs. Am I using the wrong /tmp? How > big is this file, anyway? It says 15M. -- Max
If the tar.gz is 15 MB and has 50% compression, the untarred archive would be 30 MB. 15 + 30 = 45; 45 > 40 If you have a lot of space on some other partition, create a directory there, mv the archive to that directory, rm -rf /tmp, and symlink it to the larger space. > > P.S. Does netscape require X11? Yes Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
