Re: Create Install Disk


Subject: Re: Create Install Disk
From: Gordon Neault (gordo-x@shaw.ca)
Date: Tue Jan 08 2002 - 10:42:55 MST


Okay, now both links work. I probably was a little too quick in checking
my link.
Please use the following: (I will attempt to delete the ...filesharing2
link a bit later).
http://homepage.mac.com/wollyworld/FileSharing1.html

On Tuesday, January 8, 2002, at 11:34 AM, Gordon Neault wrote:

> Okay, I've edited the filename; I get it with the correct icon and it
> opens fine in IE5.
> Please note: when I changed the filename, the link no longer worked. I
> updated the page, and iTools assigned a new URL which is:
> http://homepage.mac.com/wollyworld/FileSharing2.html
>
> On Tuesday, January 8, 2002, at 11:22 AM, Gordon Neault wrote:
>
>> As a test, I downloaded the file (now grown to a whopping 11K) and
>> double-clicked it. To my suprise it opened in Acrobat with the
>> original text formatting intact (font, etc). I'm sure plain HTML is
>> better for most users, but Acrobat reader is pretty common too. Again,
>> your experiences are welcome; I want this to be readable by pretty
>> much anyone (Mac, Linux, Windows, text-based browser,etc).
>>
>> On Tuesday, January 8, 2002, at 11:08 AM, Gordon Neault wrote:
>>
>>> I have created a quick guide to burning the YDL install disk. It's
>>> available at:
>>> http://homepage.mac.com/wollyworld/FileSharing1.html
>>> The file is entitled: burn_iso_ppc and is a whopping 9K.
>>>
>>> It would be useful if some of you could have a look at it; I'm pretty
>>> sure you can see the homepage but I need to know the following:
>>> Can you open and read it in your browser? Does your browser launch if
>>> you double-click in MacOS?
>>> I created it very quickly in AppleWorks and saved it as .html, but
>>> I'm not sure the file extension is there or correct. It opens in IE
>>> for me, but the default is in AppleWorks (which I don't want).
>>>
>>> Comments, suggestions are welcome re: the content.
>>>
>>
>



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