----- Original Message ----- From: "Serge de Souza" <serge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 1:38 AM Subject: Re: A tip for ppl who download big iso files like fedora iso's > VJ wrote: > >> VJ wrote: > >>> 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 > >> > > > > I used wget to download the first file. > > > > VJ > > Ooops I should have specified: > > Which *bit torrent* client were you using ? > > Serge > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > I downloaded this Bittorrent software looong time ago. I don't remember where from, but they are a bunch of python programs (having extension .py). I guess I downloaded it from the home site of bittorrent itself. I used 'btdownloadcurses.py' from that package. VJ
