Originally posted by crewl1 In Windows the file downloads as an EXE file. Double click it and it extracts a .bin file.
If you used used an Run command vs a Save command and it ran the file after it downloaded it and did the extract for you.
FYI that is a dangerous practice.
Whoops - sorry, I should have mentioned I'm using a Mac. The file downloads simply as fwdc220b.bin, which - according to the Pentax instructions - is the exact name of the file I should copy onto the card. When I clicked on this file (which is not prescribed in the instructions), it produced a second one, fwdc220b.bin.cpgz. The Pentax instructions say nothing about this second file - they do describe fwdc220b.bin as "self-extracting."
Had I followed the Pentax instructions, I simply would have copied fwdc220b.bin onto the card and proceeded as usual for a firmware update. I suspect that will work, but now that I've opened up this can of worms, I want to be sure I'm copying the proper file.
Jer