Re: Re: DDAR, ARF ARF 2...[Answer]

["Justin" <justin@xxxxxxx>]

Andy,
how do you get around the DOS naming issue when re-tarring?
Justin

----- Original Message -----
From: Andy Powell <ukha@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 2:22 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: DDAR, ARF ARF 2...[Answer]


> Ok,
>
> so no one knew or cares :-( ... but I think I've managed it (although
> can't test the final result just yet.. anyhow here are the steps I've
> performed so far:
>
> Tools needed: WinRAR, tar (msdos)
>
> 1. Use WinRAR un uncompress the receiver.diff.arf.gz file
> 2. Rename the resultant receiver.diff.arf file to receiver.diff.TAR
> 3. Use WinRAR to uncompress the receiver.diff.TAR file
> 4. Backup (DO THIS PLEASE!!!) the receiver.arf file from the DELL
> Audio Receiver directory
> 5. Rename the receiver.arf file to receiver.TAR
> 6. Use WinRAR to uncompress the receiver.diff.TAR file
> 7. Copy the files and direcotries from step 3 to where the files from
> step 6 are.
> 8. Use TAR to recompress the files/dirs into a new archive .eg.
> myreceiver.TAR
> 9. Rename the myreceiver.TAR file to receiver.arf
>
> [these folloing steps have not yet been performed by me (waiting for
> DDAR arrival)
>
> 10. Reboot the DDAR.
> 11. Pray
> 12. If all goes well then use:
>
> http://<ip-address of receiver>/receiver.html
>
> from your PC and you should be able to control and view your DDAR
> remotely. Use Terminal services and you could run it on your
> EPODS/Ipaq etc :-)))
>
> 13. If any problems occur after DDAR reboot you can replace the newly
> created receiver.arf file with the original backed up version.
>
>
> Andy
>
> --- In ukha_d@y..., "Andy Powell" <ukha@b...> wrote:
> >
> > Ok,
> >
> > has anyone (under windows) installed the displayserver hack? I've
> > read what little instructions there are and...well - I haven't
got
> a
> > clue.... has somone (using Linux) built the appropriate .arf
file??
> >
> > below is the text from the readme - as you can see it assumes a
> lot -
> > like you know what he's talking about for a start!
> >
> > "This is displayserver for the rio receiver.
> > unzip the receiver.diff.arf.tgz file and add the files to the
> > original receiver.arf file. Do not use winzip to do this; device-
> > files contained in the arf file will be lost...
> > after installation open your webbrowser and point it to :
> > http://<ip-address of receiver>/receiver.html
> > Enjoy..."
> >
> > Andy
>
>
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