DOS/Windows to Linux Install

If you have Quake installed under Windows or DOS on a different machine, you can transfer the files in
quake\id1\ to your Linux system via FTP or some other mechanism. Keep in mind that the filenames on
your Linux system must be in lower case for Quake to find them, so you may have to rename them after the
transfer. Also note that it may be necessary to delete your DOS/Win installation after you do this to remain in
compliance with the terms of id's software license. It's not my fault if you do something illegal.
If your DOS/Win and Linux systems are on the same machine, you have two options: copy the files from
your DOS/Windows partition to your Linux partition, or link to the necessary files from Linux. Both options
will work equally well. You just save around 50 megabytes of disk space when you link instead of copy.
Whatever you choose to do, start by cd'ing to your Quake directory and creating a new directory below it
called id1:
cd /usr/local/games/quake
mkdir id1
If you want to copy the files from your DOS/Windows partition, do something like this:
cp /win95/games/quake/id1/*.pak id1
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To create links to your DOS/Windows Quake files instead, do this: •
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cd id1
ln −s /win95/games/quake/id1/*.pak .
Replace /win95/games/quake with the correct path to your DOS/Windows partition and Quake
installation directory.
The Quake data files are now installed. Move ahead to " Installing the Linux Binaries".