[comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d] a beginner's question on .zip files

shunho@wpi.WPI.EDU (Shun Ke Ho) (01/08/91)

Whenever I run pkz110eu.exe or pak251.exe
the computer went dead, I have to reboot it
why?

ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (01/08/91)

In article <1991Jan7.203331.9171@wpi.WPI.EDU> shunho@wpi.WPI.EDU (Shun Ke Ho) writes:
>
>Whenever I run pkz110eu.exe or pak251.exe
>the computer went dead, I have to reboot it
>why?

Are you sure that you had enough space on your disk.  These are
self-extracting files producing a lot of material on the disk.  Did
run have them in the same directory from which you called them (you
should).  Did you run them on an IBM compatible.

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