Downloadable files without mod_rewrite

I'm trying to create a link on my page to download a file. However,
the server won't let me use mod_rewrite, and I'm having problems
getting the download to work. I googled the problem, and made some
progress.

So far, I have:

In the view, the link to download the file is:

<?php echo $this->Html->link('Download File', '/downloads/
download', array('class' => 'bluelink'));?>

I have a controller called downloads_controller.php which contains:

<?php
class DownloadsController extends AppController {

function download () {
$this->view = 'Media';
$params = array(
'id' => 'constition.pdf', // hard-coded for now
'name' => 'constitution',
'download' => true,
'extension' => 'pdf',
'path' => APP . 'files' . DS
);
$this->set($params);
}
}

The file is in the directory 'app/files'.

When I click on the link in the view I get:

Not Found

Error: The requested address '/downloads/download' was not found
on this server.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what else I should be doing?

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