shockwave support in FC1?

[linux r]

Hi,

I just bought sybex's linux+ book which says its cd will run over
Linux or some cruddier OS's.  I cannot get either the 'flashcards' or
the 'test engine' section of the cd to run over FC1.  It tells me to
get the shockwave plug in.  I did all this logged in as root, so it
naturally put stuff under /root.  Macromedia.com says their downloads
support Red Hat 9, but there shouldn't be a significant differrence
between that and FC1 (right?)

/mnt/cdrom/Flashcards/PC
It put the flashplayer_installer.tar.gz file under /root
Unpacked it creates a directory called flashplayer_installer
Then it tells you to un-tar it but it says to do so from
/flashplayer_installer.  But when I cd to the root, there is no such
directory (thank god I didnt' want it t there anyway).  But there ALSO
isn't one under /root anyway so I am confused.   ?

Error messages I get:  
tar (child): /root/install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz: Cannot open:
No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: install_flash_player_7_linux/flashplayer-installer: Not found in archive
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

NOW the only thing I know to do -- try to run these things off the cd 
--('.exe style')....
When I doublecick any of the icons, it wants to associate an app with
the .swf files that are on the cd which I am hoping will work. 
Question for the group is:   Is there a way to fool shockwave so I can
get this thing working?

For giggles meanwhile I just tried to open the electonic book pdf file
on the cd (easy, right?)   xpdf tells me it is encrypted and password
protected and it can't open it.  ggv tells me 'file is not a vaild
postscript document'.  [GRR... this works on an xp box at my
workplace, and did NOT require a password! ]

Btw, I just upgraded the whole os via yum, also loaded wine to see if
that would work (must I buy 'crossover' and hope for the best?  How
irritating, not to get something suppossedly *SO* simple going...Any
info is greatly appreciated!


Marc