We have received a few reports of difficulties encountered while installing the CKS program package. While the specific error messages and symptoms vary, the problems that have arisen can be classified into three groups. Zip file corruption during network transmission The CKS ZIP files must be transferred over networks as binary files. The files should be automatically transferred as binary files from the CKS download site, but subsequent transfers of these files over computer networks also must use a binary transfer protocol.
Most unzipping utilities provide a mechanism for testing the integrity of a ZIP archive.
If you have difficulties during installation, first test the integrity of the downloaded files. Problems with the use of unzipping utility programs Some unzipping utilities appear to incorrectly unarchive the CKS ZIP files. This is done purposely, so as to facilitate the preparation of a set of installation floppy diskettes. If this is not done then some files required for installation of CKS will not be found at installation time and an error will result. Do not use this feature to install CKS - the installation will fail because only one of the two required CKS ZIP files will be automatically unarchived.