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I have an old Psion 3a which I use mainly as an alarm clock during vacation when I have to catch a train or plane. To make it more useful, I decided to put all my addresses to its database. The database format is some strange format (.dbf). The database application of the Psion 3a cannot import any other format and the only format it can export in is a text file where each field is seperated from the next by a delimiter character (by default linefeed) and each record is seperated from the next by an empty line (or an empty line if linefeed is the delimiter).

The command rpm2cpio finger-0.17-9.i386.rpm | cpio -imVd extracts all files from the rpm archive finger-0.17-9.i386.rpm. It creates the directory structure relative to the current directory.

You need: the Windows95 installation CD and a Windows 95 version B boot floppy. As I don't have a floppy drive I have to create a floppy image of the boot floppy. Under VMware boot from the Windows95 boot floppy. Create a primary partion that fills the virtual disk completely (options 1 and then 1 again and then yes). Reboot Windows95. Format the virtual disk and install Windows95: format C: /S R:\WIN95\SETUP /IS I couldn't get my installation CD to work.