Re: A tip for ppl who download big iso files like fedora iso's

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Serge de Souza wrote:

VJ wrote:

Hi,
I just wanted to share this with users of Fedora. I downloaded Fedora
Core 3 DVD using FTP, cos I was getting 180kbytes per second from
ftp.esat.net (in Dublin/Ireland), and lot less than that by bittorrent. I
downloaded that file in a little more than 3 and half hours. Now the problem
cropped up when I tried to burn it using Nero. It complained that the file
was not ISO. I checked the md5sum and it was not the same as Fedora's site
says. I did not want to re-download that again. I initiated the process of
bittorrent download for the same iso file but stopped it after some
kilobytes were downloaded. then I replaced the partial iso file downloaded
by bit torrent with the full iso file I had (but was corrupt). then I
restarted bit-torrent again and automagically it re-downloaded the portion
of the file that was corrupt. That too in just 3 minutes!!! Saved me a lot
of time. I checked the md5sum after that and it matched the one available on
Fedora's site.


 You too can do it for the iso's of CD's as well, i guess.

Hope it helps somebody.

VJ


Which client were you using ?


Serge

Sounds like Azureus (http://azureus.sourceforge.net <- should be)

nice to know ... my download should be finished by now (DSL light ~ 45 Kbyte down)
I often have corrupt files (even with bittorrent) but never tried to re-download it.


Jens / xray


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