At 1:40 PM +0200 4/19/05, zeta.orionis wrote:
>On 19 Apr 2005, at 13:31, zeta.orionis wrote:
>
>>On 18 Apr 2005, at 19:07, Michael wrote:
>>>>
>>>Then the file is cut off. gzip should /not/ complain about a 
>>>premature end of file.
>>>
>>>good luck
>>>Michael
>>
>>Do you think the way I've been downloading (through Opera on Mac OS 
>>X --> MSDOS formatted flashdrive --> NetBSD partition with cp 
>>command) could be the problem?
>
>Actually, I don't think it can be. I've tried redownloading again, 
>and the package opens with Stuffit Expander on Mac OS X, and not on 
>NetBSD. Couldn't the problem be with gzip?

Make sure you're unmounting the flash drive in OSX before removing 
it. If you're just yanking it, the file may not have been fully 
written. I'm guessing that when you're opening it on OSX, you're 
opening it from the hard drive, not directly from the flash drive.

Mike
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