On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 01:11 pm, Christopher C. Sigsbee wrote:
> OK...I have Familiar Linux on my 3835, and I've download Doom to my XP
> desktop computer...how do I get it to the PDA
You should be able to use HyperTerm (or whatever the XP equivalent is called)
to login to the iPAQ over a serial link. The Windoze terminal app. will
provide some way of sending a file over the link (in HyperTerm it used to be
"Send file..." on the Transfer menu). Then you can use the "rz" command to
receive a ZModem download (or "rx" for XModem or "ry" for YModem if your
Windoze terminal app doesn't do ZModem).
> and then how do I install the game?
What file have you downloaded?
> I'm a Linux newbie (can ya tell?) and don't quite follow what
> directory does what to who...
I guess you probably need to read some "Linux for Dummies"-type stuff, then.
As for directories, here's a starter. At the top-level (ie. in the root
directory), you find these
bin - for binary files, mainly executables
boot - for files required during the bootstrapping process (kernel image etc)
dev - for "device nodes", which are the *nix way of accessing hardware
etc - mainly used for storing configuration files and the like
home - users' home directories where they keep personal data and config's
lib - shared libraries
mnt - mount points for other filesystems
opt - "optional" (we Debianites tend to largely ignore this and use usr)
proc - process information and other data provided by the kernel
root - super-user's home directory
sbin - system binary files (executables not meant for use by "normal" users)
tmp - temporary files which are usually lost/deleted on reboot
usr - "user files" - "secondary" bin, lib and sbin sub-dir's are under here
var - variable (or "dynamic") information (as opposed to etc). Log files, lock
files, and so on.
Received on Tue Dec 09 04:54:23 2003
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