Josh Hope wrote:
> 
> >According to the install how-to I need the following tools to build a
> >NetBSD file system.  mkfs.cpt.hqx, installer1.1.sea.hqx, and
> >booter1.9.4.sit.bin.  I am assuming that hqx is a compression program like
> >gzip.  I have a program called stuff-it expander, can I use that to expand
> >this file? or else where can I get the program that expands this file.
> >What is cpt?, sea? and sit?  Is booter1.9.4.sit.bin an executable?  Do I
> >copy these programs to mac extension folder in order to execute them.
> >I read the install how to there is no mention of these points.
> 
> hqx is more like tar, although not exactly. It's name is "BinHex". It 
> changes the binary data in a file into text data, so it can be 
> transferred across UNIX or DOS systems without losing any of it's 
> integrity.

Actually, it's a bit more like uuencoding ;-)

> .bin is MacBinary files. .sit is StuffIt files. .cpt is 
> CompactPro files. .sea is a Self Extracting Archive, which is an 
> application that automatically decompresses itself...
> 
> StuffIt is the standard, almost, in the MacWorld. Stuffit Expander will 
> un-BinHex files, however you need Exapnder Enhancer (that comes with 
> DropStuff) to decode MacBinary files. 

Actually, I'm fairly sure that it will handle most Mac-native
compression/transfer formats without Expander Enhancer, including
MacBinary (.bin). I think that EE is only necessary to handle .gz, .tar?,
and a whole mess of PC formats.

> StuffIt will also take care of .cpt and .sit files :)
> 
> And the stuff you download are normal applications (after you 
> decode/decompress them)...
> 
> So, you just open them by double clicking on them to run them...
> 
> I hope this helps somewhat... :)

Me too ;-)

Later.

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