On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> i want to download the linux installation. what file types should be
> ASCII and what should be binary?
>
Get an "intelligent" FTP client, one that knows the difference
between binary and ascii automatically. If you're working with
Windows, I highly reccommend WS_FTP or CUTE-FTP. If you're already
using *nix, I highly recommend NCFTP (commandline is ncftp -- all
lower case) which is a highly intelligent client. Not only can it
auto-detect binary vs ascii, it can download directory trees, resume
downloads, etc.
John
