eacj@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Julian Vrieslander) (03/22/90)
I downloaded this file twice from the Apple ftp site, and on both tries
the file would not go through BinHex (CRC error). The other 6.0.5 images
decoded without error.
Is the 605i-network-products-installer.hqx file garbled, or have other
folks managed to convert it?
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Julian Vrieslander
Neurobiology & Behavior, W250 Mudd Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853
UUCP: {cmcl2,decvax,rochester,uw-beaver}!cornell!batcomputer!eacj
INTERNET: eacj@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu BITNET: eacj@CRNLTHRYephraim@think.com (Ephraim Vishniac) (03/22/90)
In article <9951@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> eacj@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Julian Vrieslander) writes: >I downloaded this file twice from the Apple ftp site, and on both tries >the file would not go through BinHex (CRC error). The other 6.0.5 images >decoded without error. >Is the 605i-network-products-installer.hqx file garbled? There is a bug in BinHex 4.0. If the file name exceeds a certain length (twenty-odd characters, as I recall), BinHex will give this error. To decode the file successfully, use StuffIt's Decode BinHex option. It hasn't got this bug. -- Ephraim Vishniac ephraim@think.com ThinkingCorp@applelink.apple.com Thinking Machines Corporation / 245 First Street / Cambridge, MA 02142 One of the flaws in the anarchic bopper society was the ease with which such crazed rumors could spread.
anders@penguin (Anders Wallgren) (03/22/90)
The only problem I had was that the name is too long (more than 32 characters), but other than that, it was fine. anders
ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Norman Goodger) (03/22/90)
In article <9951@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> eacj@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Julian Vrieslander) writes: >I downloaded this file twice from the Apple ftp site, and on both tries >the file would not go through BinHex (CRC error). The other 6.0.5 images >decoded without error. >Is the 605i-network-products-installer.hqx file garbled, or have other >folks managed to convert it? >Julian Vrieslander I have got all the images to work without problems, though I did run into a problem somewhere along the line with the long file name for the network products image. Perhaps shortening the name of that hqx file will solve the problem. I ran them thru Stuffit without any problems, did not use Binhex to decode them. --- -- Norm Goodger SysOp - MacInfo BBS @415-795-8862 3Com Corp. Co-SysOp FreeSoft RT - GEnie. Enterprise Systems Division (I disclaim anything and everything) UUCP: {3comvax,auspex,sun}!bridge2!ngg Internet: ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM
kellogg@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Lars Kellogg-Stedman) (03/22/90)
In article 54731, ephraim@think.com (Ephraim Vishniac) said, in part... > >There is a bug in BinHex 4.0. If the file name exceeds a certain >length (twenty-odd characters, as I recall), BinHex will give this >error. > >To decode the file successfully, use StuffIt's Decode BinHex option. >It hasn't got this bug. > >-- >Ephraim Vishniac ephraim@think.com ThinkingCorp@applelink.apple.com Better yet, FTP mcvert 1.5 from somewhere and de-binhex the files on your unix host to save downloading time. (McVert is available on sumex, in the unix directory...) Lars kellogg@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu
tempest@walleye.uucp (Ken) (03/22/90)
In article <9951@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> eacj@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Julian Vrieslander) writes: >I downloaded this file twice from the Apple ftp site, and on both tries >... >Is the 605i-network-products-installer.hqx file garbled, or have other >folks managed to convert it? No, it is not corrupted. I downloaded onto my Mac and converted without a hitch. I suggest you try again. Ken _____________________________________________________________________________ Kenneth K.F. Lui | Other paths you can use: tempest@csuchico.edu | tempest@csuchico.edu, tempest@csuchico ________________________________|____________________________________________
wwtaroli@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Bill Taroli) (03/22/90)
In article <9951@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> eacj@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Julian Vrieslander) writes: >I downloaded this file twice from the Apple ftp site, and on both tries >the file would not go through BinHex (CRC error). The other 6.0.5 images >decoded without error. > >Is the 605i-network-products-installer.hqx file garbled, or have other >folks managed to convert it? No, the image (nor BinHex file) are corrupted. I did have a problem converting it with the BinHex programs, however. Try using StuffIt. It does the job more slowly, but does it better (apparently). Bill Taroli WWTAROLI@RODAN.acs.syr.edu -- ******************************************************************************* * Bill Taroli (WWTAROLI@RODAN.acs.syr.edu) | "You can and must understand * * Syracuse University, Syracuse NY | computers NOW!" -- Ted Nelson * *******************************************************************************
ralph@mtune.ATT.COM (Ralph Brandi) (03/23/90)
In article <1436@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM> ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Norman Goodger) writes: > Perhaps shortening the name of that hqx file >will solve the problem. While we're talking about shortening names, would it be possible to make sure that each file name is unique somewhere in the first 14 characters for those of us who use System V? Otherwise, files get overwritten. Minor inconvenience, but nonetheless real.... -- Ralph Brandi ralph@mtune.att.com att!mtune!ralph Work flows toward the competent until they are submerged.
urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) (03/23/90)
In comp.sys.mac, article <5959@ur-cc.UUCP>,
kellogg@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu.UUCP (Lars Kellogg-Stedman) writes:
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< Better yet, FTP mcvert 1.5 from somewhere and de-binhex the files on your
< unix host to save downloading time.
<
On my system (Ultrix 3.0, no mods to macvert), it fails to correctly translate
some files. This results in Stuffit generating CRC errors when unstuffing them.
Particularly, _all_ disk images got corrupted. I had to download the .hqx
files and use Stuffit to take them apart.
Someday, I'll search fir the error...
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Matthias Urlichs