Ok, I'm having some trouble getting the OpenDX software.

On my home dial up connection the download stalls immediately for the
redhat RPM files.  I've tried it both with netscape & konqueror with
right-click -> save link as.  This isn't to unusual, I often have
trouble with large downloads on this connection, although it ussually
gets further then this.  I'm not sure why.

My other option is downloading it @ work.  At the moment, my only net
connection is through netscape on an NT box.  It appears to download
Ok.  I then burn it onto a CD and take it home.

Now, when I try to install it, I get the following error:

# rpm -i opendx-4_1_3-3_i386.rpm
warning: Expected size:     27399711 =
lead(96)+sigs(100)+pad(4)+data(27399511)
warning:   Actual size:     27501586

The samples file gives a similar error.

Any idea what's going on?  My suspicion is that netscape is downloading
it as an ascii file instead of binary, but I don't know how to force it
to binary.  I've downloaded and burned the files twice with the same
results, so I'm fairly sure its not a random corruption.

Just an aside, but if this is an open-source project, why all the
registration stuff and cgi driven download page.  Why not a simple ftp
site?

Well, anyway, any ideas are appreciated.  I look forward to trying this
tool out!
Thanks
Eric

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