Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 12:20:03 +1000 From: "Andrew Johns" <A_Johns@TurnAround.com.au> To: "Christopher Michaels" <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com>, "'notme'" <notme@lvdi.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: problem with downloading through my FreeBSD box Message-ID: <003c01becc0d$0d1c4430$4001a8c0@tasajohns.turnaround.com.au> In-Reply-To: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105A9B@site2s1>
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I'd guess that your Win FTP client is set to ASCII transfer instead of binary (BIN). That will certainly destroy _any_ file that is not 'plain' text. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Christopher > Michaels > Sent: Monday, 12 July 1999 12:13 > To: 'notme'; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: problem with downloading through my FreeBSD box > > > I have a similar setup that works perfectly fine. I would look into > troubleshooting it on the win size a little bit further. > > Also, can you get .tgz files on the FreeBSD box w/o any trouble? > > -Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: notme [SMTP:notme@lvdi.net] > > Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 5:55 AM > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: problem with downloading through my FreeBSD box > > > > Hi, > > I currently have my Win * box connected to a FreeBSD box, and > > my FreeBSD box dials out on demand. Well, it seems to me (actually, > > this happend to my friend also) that whenever I download a > > self-extracting > > program from my Win machine through the FreeBSD box, the program > > gives me the error (when I run it in Windows): > > "WinZip Self-Extrator header corrupt. Possible cause: bad > disk or file > > > > transfer error" > > > > I have tried many other files, and this happens to all of them. > > > > I know this is quite off topic, but just wonder if there's > anyway the > > FreeBSD > > box recieves the data differently than that of a Win > machine... (such as > > in > > FTP, where using regular ASCII mode, files *maybe screwed > up, but using > > bin mode, files will be transfered properly...) > > > > I am currectly using FreeBSD Release 3.2, ppp -auto -alias demand to > > my ISP using a modem. > > My friend uses FreeBSD Release 2.2.8, and same problem occurs. > > > > Thank you in advance! > > > > Frankie > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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