[fptex] Re: fpTeX updating problem under Windows 2000

[George N. White III]

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Fabrice Popineau wrote:

>
> > I just encountered this again while trying to update a Win95 machine.
> > The system resources were down to 0.  I rebooted and tried again, but
> > using the CAMS CTAN mirror.  It downloaded the tpm.zip, but it skipped
> > the step where you select packages and went right to where it makes
> > the ls-R files.  I tried again and the same thing for several
> > iterations until the machine crashed.  After rebooting it seems to be
> > working properly using the default site -- it is currently downloading
> > the updates.
>
> Oh gosh ... next version will use an MSI installer. Hope it will be more
> reliable.

And I hope by then Win9X will no longer be in use.

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George N. White III  <aa056 at chebucto.ns.ca>
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