Run a standard scandisk first to ensure there is nothing wrong with the
hdd/filesystem.
-Mg
----- Original Message -----
From: "daniel dourneau"
> This software seems so popular with Piclist members that I decided to have
> a go at it.
> I downloaded the latest version v4.01 and tried to install it on my
system:
> - AMD thunderbird 800 Mhz
> - RAM: 128 M
> - hard disk: 30 G
> - OS: Windows98
>
> To start with it was creating an eagle directory with short cuts to "exe"
> files, but when I tried to run them
> the system could not find them! I uninstalled and reinstalled the software
> several times but I could not get
> it to behave properly. So I went back to Cadsoft web site to check if I
> could get any additional
> information.
>
> Yes, obviously many people had observed the same behaviour and the cure
was
> indicated:
> "make sure that the windows\temp directory is empty."
> I did just that and then started the installation process again.
> This time the result was slightly different:
> "the installation program informed me that there was not enough spare
space
> on my drive!"
>
> I went back to check that situation to find that I had (according to
> Windows Explorer) some 24 G of spare space,
> and this was right according to my estimation.
> Just to make sure I checked with "Drive Space" in the Windows Tool Box and
> I discovered that my drive had 2 G
> of spare space and 0 K used. I believe that probably Drive Space does not
> know about FAT32 and is still based on
> the previous limitation of 2 G per partition.
>
> Anyway, is there anybody with some sensible explanation and most important
> some method to install Eagle.
>
> My personal opinion is any application software that will cause that kind
> of problems during installation is not a
> good foolproof software. I think that the company trying to promote its
> software should at least make sure that the
> potential users can load it and run it. I have on long time experience and
> this is the first time ever that I cannot load
> and run a reputable software package.
>
> Thanks!

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