On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 14:16:10 -0600, Gerry Tool <gstool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ken Barber wrote: > > >On Tuesday 09 November 2004 10:54 am, John Aldrich wrote: > > > > > >>Are there any other torrents available for downloading FC3? The one at > >>linux.duke.edu doesn't seem to be working for me... > >> > >> > > > >Try combing through the comments on the Slashdot article yesterday (I'm almost > >done downloading so I haven't looked). > > > >When FC2 was released, that is how I found a decent torrent server. > > > >Ken You can also just test a few mirrors until you find one that is downloading at a good rate and then switch to an ftp program (like gftp) to download it directly. I found that FoxFire got confused at the end of a very long DVD download and I had to start over. Still, I had the DVD and had finished installing by yesterday evening. Or, perhaps you have a dial-up con I am having better luck with the Ireland mirrors than anything in my time zone (eastern). I also had trouble with mozilla ff towards the end of a dl. Is gftp faster than a 'normal' download ? worth investigating...
