Re: Oracle 9i (linux) download problem

innsmouth_at_hotmail.com (Dr. Infecto) wrote:
>
> >I try to download Oracle 9i for Linux.
> >I get the files successfully but it looks like the sizes of the files
> >are incorrect - the downloaded files are smaller than the file sizes
> >shown on Oracle web site. Gzip reports 'incorrect format'.
> >Does anyone else have the same problem ?

and TurkBear wrote:

> Its not an uncommon problem..You are 'timing out' on the connection - the
> download thinks it is complete since no more data is coming in, so no
> error is reported until you try to use the file..

If you are using Linux you can also use wget to do the download for you, which is far more reliable than using a browser. Simply provide your OTN user and password as the http user / password:

wget http://...oracle.com/...(whatever the file URI is)...--http-user=... --http-passwd=...

Ian Barwick

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