Re: New query - followup Q

Robert Baer <robertbaer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> John Devereux wrote:
>
> > Robert Baer <robertbaer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> >>Robert Baer wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>1) I downloaded the Vutrax "readme" and loader; VTXsetup.exe bitches
> >>about non-exiatant master files.
> >> Ignore the fact that it was too dumb to *create* a folder, it
> >>certainly is incomplete if it cannot create those master files or
> >>"dial home" for them.
> >> So, what do i do to get it installed (it should be simple and not
> >>require a lot of jumping thru hoops)?
> > You have to download the "system modules" too.
> > <http://www.vutrax.co.uk/winsystem.htm>
> >
> *Gack* !! over nine megs over POTS; a bit daunting, but at least it
> is broken down.

You've not got broadband yet then... I just downloaded two 4.7GB DVDs
(ubuntu and knoppix linux)!

Seriously, I don't think that is a lot these days... ISTR e.g. the
xilinx web pack was several hundred MB. Vutrax is pretty compact and
efficient, probably because its pedigree dates from DOS days so it had
to be. (Although it has been windows-only for years now!)

> Thanks.
> Any other semi-hidden gotchas?

I imagine your main problem will be getting lost (both in the software
itself and in the documentation). Do the tutorials, look at the
supplied examples. I can help if you get stuck; the author hangs out
here too.

> Like i said, why wasn't there a script that would do a full install
> from scratch?

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John Devereux
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