Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 19:31:44 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: suvani_kaura@agilent.com Cc: Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org>, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about the Handbook Message-ID: <20000913193144.D264@parish> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.000913191841.andrew@cream.org>; from andrew@cream.org on Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 07:19:40PM %2B0100 References: <3BA28805BB22D41183A2009027AA5AFA010189F8@axand03.an.hp.com> <XFMail.000913191841.andrew@cream.org>
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On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 07:19:40PM +0100, Andrew Boothman wrote: > > On 13-Sep-00 suvani_kaura@agilent.com wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have been trying to download a copy of the BSD handbook as a > > PDF/Postscript file .. so I can view it as one document, rather than follow > > links to view each page. However when I click on the FTP page, I only get a > > blank document.. I am using IE4.. please advise. > > It's difficult to say why you may be having problems, try using a proper, > dedicated FTP program like CuteFTP insead of your web browser. I have just > checked, and had no problem in downloading and viewing > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/handbook/book.pdf.gz which is a > compressed version of the handbook in PDF format. > It is possibly because IE4 doesn't know what to do with a .gz file and so tries to display it and, depending on the first few bytes of the file, it may just display an blank page, e.g. if 0x1a (Ctrl-Z, the DOS EOF) is there. If you have WinZip installed though it should have set up a file type for .gz so IE4 will fire up WinZip. > You may want to also check that your PDF viewing program (probably Adobe's > Acrobat Reader) is working properly, you may want to download a new version > from www.adobe.com > > --- > Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org> > http://sour.cream.org > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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