Re: [TCLUG:20455] linux crashed :-(

[Jim Crumley <crumley@belka.space.umn.edu>]

On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 09:05:32AM -0500, John R. Sheets wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 16, 2000, Mike Hicks <hick0088@tc.umn.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > Looks like this is a good place to go:
> > http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product/computer/firmware.html
> > 
> > Unfortunately, it looks like you have to go into Windows (or have a Mac)
> > to extract the files.  Windows people really need to start using
> > installers that use standard file formats so we can still get at the
> > goods without being able to run a .EXE..
> > 
> > Then again, I haven't tried WINE yet..
> 
> FWIW, the latest WINE can handle InstallShield installers, although they
> may hang (harmlessly) at the very end.  Last I heard, anyway.  WINE has
> come a long way over the past couple months (even over the past couple
> weeks!).

Well, unzip can unpack self-extracting .EXE files like this.  But it
looks like the program does the actual updating is a .EXE that was in 
the archive ...

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