>jpero_at_sympatico.ca wrote:
> > Jerome Fine replies"
> > I finally had an hour today and did a "Burn Image" to a CDRW from the
> > "rt11freewarev2.iso.gz" file (687,282,673 bytes) that was the result of the
> > download from the classiccmp site. Unfortunately, Nero Burning under
> > Windows 98 made an exact duplicate of the file to the CD and the result
> > is therefore, obviously hopeless, as far as what is actually needed to set
> > up the correct ISO file structure on the CD, let alone the correct RT-11
> > file structure in RT-11 partitions 13 to 19.
> >
> > So I am again back to square ONE! The ".gz" files at the classiccmp
> > site do NOT behave when I do the download since the uncompress
> > occurs during the download. Under Netscape 4.78/Windows 98, I
> > click the menu item "Save link as ..." and follow through by Save
> > after I select the directory into which to place the downloaded file.
> > But I don't end up with the actual file from the classiccmp site. Rather
> > that expanded file is the result which "Nero Burning" just copies to
> > a CD which ends up being useless.
> In 'nutscape, at that page where you got this image file, before
> clicking that link to begin download process, hold down shift key
> while clicking on it.
Jerome Fine replies:
I want to thank both Wizard and Roger Merchberger for their help.
I tried that in many different ways - only during one of the 3 clicks
and during all three clicks. It did NOT work.
> IE and Nut does that to some files on occasion. That why I use shift
> key to transfer those fussy files intact.
I also shifted to my wife's computer which is running Windows XP/IE.
I tried holding the SHIFT key down during "Save target as ..." and
that did NOT prevent the file from being expanded.
HOWEVER, under Windows XP/IE it DID result in the file being
downloaded CORRECTLY. The final expanded file was named
the same (it was still a ".gz" file), but the size and contents were
IDENTICAL to the original full size file of the CD image.
So, while I have a solution, it is definitely not a reasonable one.
But I guess I might conclude that Windows 98/Netscape 4.78
is NOT executing correctly if Windows XP/IE does download
the same file correctly.
By the way, I also attempted to download ".tar.Z" files and they
were done correctly under Windows 98/Netscape 4.78, so they
are not a problem. Does anyone know of any other ".gz" files
I could test with?
Any more suggestions? PLEASE!
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
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Received on Sun May 26 2002 - 16:38:59 BST