Mail Archives: opendos/1997/03/31/02:02:14
On Sun, 23 Mar 1997, yeep wrote:
> > The smart install program now makes a temp dir, and unzips DOOM
> > into it (first checking to see if there is enough disk space,
> > etc...). Then, it displays a list of executable files found in
> > the archive. From this, you can either run one of the
> > executables (INSTALL.BAT) or view text files via the built in
> > file viewer. Since the DOOM Install program will want to pick
> > C:\DOOM as it's default, the smart install program should display
> > a message such as:
> >
> > The program you have chosen to install is an older program
> > which predates the DOS file system standard. As a
> > result, this Smart Install program cannot install it
> > automatically for you. Therefore you must decide which
> > executable file is the installer for this program. Such
> > install programs are usually named something like:
> > INSTALL.EXE, INSTALL.BAT, SETUP.EXE, etc... If you are unsure
> > which file to execute then you can use Smart Installs built in
> > file browser to view the text files that come with the program
> > you are trying to install. Look for a file called
> > something like README.TXT, README.1ST, READ.ME, HELP.TXT,
> > MANUAL.DOC, MANUAL.TXT, or some other file.
> >
> > Although you are free to install programs wherever you like on
> > your hard disk, your computer will be more organized and will
> > comply with the new DOS file system standard if you install
> > this piece of software into it's own subdirectory off of the
> > directory: C:\GAMES. So when the actual install program asks
> > you where to install, pick: C:\GAMES\GAMENAME
>
> That is a lot of text to appear, we should try and keep it down, 'cos I for
> one have the tendency to not read text which is presented to me in an error
> kinda way, which is larger than 10 rows.
> We should alos keep away from using cryptic error messeages like: OPM
> fault: 13c and then return to the command prompt, without any reference.
How about...
E13, T/R? <flashing cursor awaiting response>
:o)
Yeah, the above was just an example. It could be less verbose,
but offer a larger explanation as an option.
You should install this program into C:\GAMES\xxx. For an
explanation of why, click HERE.
Well?
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