Paul Howarth wrote: > Sharon Kimble wrote: >> Paul Howarth wrote: >> >> >>>Sharon Kimble wrote: >>> >>>>I've just spent about 18 hours downloading the Fedora Core 3 test 3 DVD >>>>using wget, and its just died on me when it reached a file size of 2gb >>>>with an error message of 'File size limit exceeded'. >>>> >>>>How can I get round this please so that I can get the DVD and test FC3? >>> >>>What type of filesystem were you trying to download it onto? >>> >>>An ext2/ext3 filesystem will have no problem with such a large file, but >>>a VFAT filesystem will. >>> >> >> Sheesh Paul, that was quick! :)) >> >> Just into my home folder which is the fedora default filesystem, ?ext3? > > What's the output of the following commands when run in the directory > you're trying to download to? > > df . > mount > Paul. gads:~/downloads$ df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hdf2 26739660 13785804 11595528 55% / /dev/hdf1 99043 9578 84351 11% /boot none 517844 0 517844 0% /dev/shm gads:~/downloads$ mount /dev/hdf2 on / type ext3 (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw) none on /sys type sysfs (rw) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw) /dev/hdf1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) So it looks like my root and home drive are on /dev/hdf2. Sharon. -- 12:38:27 up 1 day, 21:10, 3 users, load average: 1.53, 1.35, 1.20 Linux is like a wigwam, no windows, no gates, apache inside. Fedora Core 2, KDE 3.3.0, OpenOffice 1.1.3 Registered Linux user 334501
