Maybe you could've extracted it onto a flash drive from one computer and then just plug it into each miner? Seems easier than whining about the format.
... or unzip it and store on one machine, and copy the folder to the others ...
M
I just said that.

Also, it'd be easier on ckolivas' server than redownloading it over and over.
You said USB key. There are inherent dangers with doing that, not to mention it requires walking around.