[Hidden-tech] Serving/downloading Macintosh .dmg files

[Richard Resnick]

Hi Will,

Sounds like a mime-type problem to me. Your http server might not know what to do witha .dmg file. What kind of server is it (hardware) and what http server are you using (software)?

Cheers,
Richard
-----Original Message-----
From: Will Loving <will at dedicationtechnologies.com>

Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:55:49 
To:<hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>
Subject: [Hidden-tech] Serving/downloading Macintosh .dmg files


I’m having a specific problem with Macintosh .dmg files that I’ve put on my server not downloading properly. The file is clearly there but when I attempt to download it via a URL, I get a 404 error. If I take the same file and compress it as a .zip archive, it downloads just fine. At some point earlier this year, I was having a possibly related problem where the .dmg file would start to download but would download as text.
 
 The only happens with files that I’ve uploaded to my server, not with dmg files from other sources, so I’m guessing it has something to do with how the files are being transferred. The “download as text” issue would make me think that the file got uploaded as text instead of binary, but as far as I can tell it’s binary. I’ve tried uploading from both Dreamweaver and a Vicomsoft FTP client with the same result.
 
 I thought I remembered reading something in the last year about issue with uploading dmg files, but all my searches have been in vain...  Anyone know the answer to this conundrum?
 
 Thanks,
 
 Will
 
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 Dedication Technologies, Inc.
 
 
 
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