[OmniOS-discuss] OVA File downloads for vmware

[Eric Sproul]

Hi Brion,
Thanks for reporting this issue.  I've fixed the Apache config that
runs omnios.omniti.com to make .ova files have the generic
"application/octet-stream" MIME type.  This should result in a typical
download.

Eric

$ curl -I http://omnios.omniti.com/media/OmniOS-bloody-first-boot.ova
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:58:51 GMT
Server: Apache
Last-Modified: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:54:09 GMT
ETag: "3a-27fee800-4c89882082a40"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 671016960
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Type: application/octet-stream


On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:26 PM, senses3 <senses3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I am downloading an OVA vmware image right now, but my browser is
> recognizing it as a text file so it isn't bothering to look and see how big
> the file actually is. Anyway, it's downloading it but it has no idea how big
> the file actually is, so it says 'unknown time remaining - 400mb downloaded'
>
> I was just wondering if anyone else thinks it's a good idea to compress the
> images so they download as a binary file instead of a text file, making this
> a non-issue.
>
> Thanks alot!
> -Brion
>
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