From: ErnieC AT ix DOT netcom DOT com (Ernest Clayton Cordell, Jr.) Subject: RE: installation 26 Sep 1997 06:00:09 -0700 Message-ID: <01BCCA58.3FABFCA0.cygnus.gnu-win32@rvl-md4-12.ix.netcom.com> To: "gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com" , "kai AT globalnet DOT co DOT uk" , "'Earnie Boyd'" Kai, The information you have received is important: It is essential to the toolset with what you will learn from the book, yet the book does not help you with the particular toolset. There are duplicate files on the disk: Read those and the ones at the website as well; the files with the same names at the website have been changed to reflect later versions, BUT some very useful information has also been added. You should be able to write your own original programs after the 24 lessons; Unless you have prior programming experience, superhuman retention or a lot less on your honeydew list, I suggest 3 days of 8 hours each -- that's a fairly heavy cognitive load. If you want to keep your perspective, after you've installed (the disk version with ZIP 6.2 is an easy install and all that you'll need for the course), and completed all the program exercises, come back and subscribe to this list to increase your capabilities. If you expect to achieve professional proficiency within weeks when it has taken the rest of us years, why would you come to us for advice? Ernie ---------- From: Earnie Boyd Sent: Thursday, September 25, 1997 10:32 PM To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com; kai AT globalnet DOT co DOT uk Subject: Re: installation >Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 19:27:32 +0100 >From: kai >To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >Subject: installation > >help! > >I have bought a book which contains cygnus beta17, I am not sure if it >is supported, but i am having real trouble installing it. I can put it >all onto my hard drive, but after that, I have no idea what to run , do >what or whatever. Everything that I open say something like error, do >something else. The book is by SAMS PUBLISHING, "teach yourself C++ in >24hrs. (yeah right). I have read all the notes and there is nothing >telling you to do what. There is nothing to say which files are the >compilers, debuggers, linkers and so on. Where the hell is everything? >This just stupid. > Let me first point you to some important documents: Read the README.txt and faq.txt file located at ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/pub/gnu-win32/latest/. Then take a look at the http://www.cygnus.com/ml/gnu-win32 web page. This is the mail list archive and you will be able to find the answers to many questions. Goodluck, - \\||// ---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o---- -earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com- ------ooo0O--O0ooo------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".