On Thursday 25 November 2004 14:04, Paul Howarth wrote: > Perhaps you're confused about what BitTorrent is? It's not a generic > download tool. It's used to distribute large files (e.g. ISO images) by > getting all the downloading clients to upload bits of the file to each > other. It requires a special file called a "torrent" (typically having a > filename ending in .torrent) that describes the segments of the files, > contains checksums etc. and points the BitTorrent client to a server where > it can find details of where to get the file(s). Yes I've seen that explanation before I just didnt grasp the concept, my mistake sorry to have wasted your time although when FC4 comes out I should now have the tool to get it in a less demanding way. -- Regards Peter Cannon
