[Systers-dev] problems downloading and unzipping the dev image

[Anne Gunn]

   I'm making only slow progress on getting my dev environment set up.
   The distance to the finish line is a bit longer for those of us who are
   starting from a pure Windows development world but then, that's part of
   why I'm helping -- so I can learn how the other, lucky half of the
   universe lives and works!  :-}
   I'm lucky that I at least have VirtualBox already installed from the
   Code Sprint at GHC09!
   Anyway, I've added a 'problems' page off the 'Using Development Image'
   page on the Wiki with this text:
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   It took me several tries to get the image to download. At work, using
   Chrome on Windows with my DSL connection, the download appeared to work
   but I ended up with a file that was 500+ mb rather than 800+ mb and, of
   course, it wouldn't unzip.

   Later, I tried it from home using Chrome on Windows via a cable modem
   and it downloaded fine.

   So, if you have trouble downloading from one
   browser/connection/location, please just try another. The source
   archive is fine.

   If you need a tool for unzipping the .bz2 to a .tar, you can get:

   * a commandline tool, bzip2.exe from [1]http://www.bzip.org/

   * a UI tool that seems to work great on Windows (and plugs into
   explorer side-by-side with WinZip) from [2]http://www.7-zip.org/

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   Plugging away,
   ag
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   Anne Gunn
   ompeag @ wyoming.com
   307 673 5234

References

   1. http://www.bzip.org/
   2. http://www.7-zip.org/