On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 12:29:03 +0100 Sharon Kimble <sharonm63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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? > > Sharon. Hi all, FYI: this is not a filesystem problem, but a problem in wget. You can not download files > 2 GB with the standard wget. The version in rawhide/development has this problem fixed. See: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=123524 Alternatively you can use ncftp as your ftp download client: ncftp works fine with > 2 GB files. greetings, Rob van Nieuwkerk
