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

["Andy Powell" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

Mmm..I didn't appear to have a problem... Which " DOS naming issue
when re-tarring"

Andy


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On 24/08/01 at 17:20 Justin wrote:

>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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