Author: toad Date: 2006-04-04 18:03:29 +0000 (Tue, 04 Apr 2006) New Revision: 8454
Modified: trunk/website/pages/download-new.php Log: some hints about what to do if it doesn't work Modified: trunk/website/pages/download-new.php =================================================================== --- trunk/website/pages/download-new.php 2006-04-04 17:33:33 UTC (rev 8453) +++ trunk/website/pages/download-new.php 2006-04-04 18:03:29 UTC (rev 8454) @@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ (Freenet contains <u><b>NO spyware or adware</b></u> , it's Free Software! The source code is publicly available for review) <BR> <BR> Freenet works best with <b>Windows 2000 Professional, XP Professional or NT. </b> Windows 95, 98 and 2000 Millennium Edition work rather -less well; in particular, the installer won't run on those operating systems. +less well; in particular, the installer won't run on those operating systems.<br> +If the executable doesn't work (if it goes seriously wrong), then please telll us, install Java, and try the below. <h3>Mac OSX, Unix, and Linux</h3> You need to have a recent Java Runtime Environment. We have experienced best results with Sun's Java Runtime Environment which can be obtained from <a href="http://www.java.com/";>http://www.java.com/</a>. <BR> @@ -39,9 +40,14 @@ command line : <pre> -javaws http://downloads.freenetproject.org/alpha/installer/freenet.jnlp</P> -</pre> +javaws http://downloads.freenetproject.org/alpha/installer/freenet.jnlp +</pre></p> +<p>If that doesn't work, try this: +<pre> +java -jar http://downloads.freenetproject.org/alpha/installer/selfextractpack.jar +</pre></p> + <P>After you start Freenet wait a few seconds for it to start-up (on a slow computer, you may need to wait about 30 seconds), and visit http://127.0.0.1:8888/ in your web browser to access Freenet's user
