Subject: Re: Can't mount .img file
From: Randy (randy@cfl.rr.com)
Date: Wed May 24 2000 - 06:32:16 MDT
Rick Eisner wrote:
> > > ...
> >> I've downloaded the two .img files (ydl-cs-1.2-install.img and
> >> ydl-cs-1.2-tasty.img).
> >>
> >> But my Mac insists they're not image files. System 8.6 sees them as
> >> SimpleText files, and says they're too big to open in SimpleText.
> >> System 9.0.4 sees them as GraphicConverter files, and says that
> >> GraphicConverter doesn't have enough RAM to open them. I'm running
> >> a PowerTower 604 with 80 MB RAM.
> >>
> >> So how can I get these files to mount on my machine?
> >>
>
Randy Brasch wrote:
> >
> >I've run into similar problems using Netscape 4.72 under MacOS 9.0.2.
> >I've started using Internet Explorer 5.0 to download files from the Web
> >and that seems to work much better. Another option might be to use
> >something like ResEdit or FileBuddy to make sure that the file type is
> >set correctly.
>
Rick Eisner wrote:
>
> File Buddy is a good idea, but... What should the file type and
> creator actually be?
Rick,
I checked I couple of the .img files on my Mac and they have File Type:
rohd and Creator ddsk. Just for reference, the .smi files have File Type:
APPL and Creator: oneb.
Hope that helps.
Randy
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