On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 01:55:42PM +0000, Phil Dobbin wrote:
> On 6/2/03 1:03, "Nathan Torkington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Please download and test the perl 5.8.0 distribution available from:
> > http://nathan.torkington.com/tmp/perl5.8.0gnat1.dmg
> 
> [...]
> 
> I get a text transfer of the binary when trying to d/l this in Mozilla, IE
> and Omni Web instead of the disk image. This is the first time this has
> happened for a long time and I can't remember how to fix it. Anybody?

This is because the server on which the dmg is, doesn't have the
mime/type set for dmb to download as a binary. Ctrl-click, or right
click and save the links target (or similar choice) will alllow you to
save it properly.

HTH

Michael

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