Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 12:32:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Frank Seltzer <frankd@yoda.fdt.net> To: Paul Michael Babuchna <mikeb@tcac.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: quick advise. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960617122922.29830N-100000@Kryten.nina.com> In-Reply-To: <199606171559.KAA54436@odin.tcac.com>
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On Mon, 17 Jun 1996, Paul Michael Babuchna wrote: > I have been recently downloading BSD 2.1 from: > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.0-RELEASE/bin > > and have run into a problem. I cannot download bin.au. I get an error > > message of the form- this sound file is corrupt or a file of incompatible > > format. Using Win95 and Win 3.1 and IE2.1. > > Thanks for your time, > > Mike Babuchna > > mikeb@postoffice.tcac.com It looks like you are trying to d/l it using Netscape. Netscape sees a file with a .au suffix as a sound file. Try using SHIFT-mouse click to get the download dialog box and tell it where to save the file Frank PS. I just reread your message and saw that you are using M$ InternetExplorer :-) The same solution applies, however. Frank -- Only in America can a homeless veteran sleep in a cardboard box while a draft dodger sleeps in the White House. <unknown>
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