Subject: Re: Create Install Disk
From: Iain Stevenson (iain@iainstevenson.com)
Date: Tue Jan 08 2002 - 10:50:14 MST
Gordon,
I just tried the download - it downloaded a file named
"burn_iso_ppc.htm-binhex.hqx" which when opened with Stuffit 6 resulted in
a document that opened as a ClarisWorks text document ;-( Don't ask me why!
Iain
--On Tuesday, January 8, 2002 11:42 am -0600 Gordon Neault
<gordo-x@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 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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