> Srinivasan S wrote on 21/02/2005 09:18: >> Hi >> >> Past few days I have been trying to download the FC3 DVD .. I have >> tried various mirrors .. Machine connected to net is a windows machine >> and I have tried Leechget, Freshdownload and Getright. I have also >> tried various mirrors .. All downloads are successful but when I do an >> md5 it never matches the published one. >> >> Any ideas on how I can successfully download ? Other download tools I >> can use ?? Any help is appreciated >> > Are you sure the file size after download is correct? I suspect > earlier/some/many versions of Windows can't cope with a file bigger than > 2GB. I suspect that any Windows 9x/NT versions wouldn't cope with a file > that size, or if you store it on a FAT partition? Seems like it's a good style in Open Source Community to blame Windows for everything. :) Unfortunately, it is not BG. In fact FAT32 partitions cannot deal with files larger than 4GB and there is no such restrictions if you are lucky to use NTFS. However, a lot of download managers do have problems with large files, though the restriction is just the same 4GB (was a headache with FC2). So theoretically FC3 DVD ISO file should be OK. Well it is just a pure theory - I never managed to download it successfully - MD5 never matched. So I suggest the same solution that helped me - use Bittorrent - that one worked like a dream ;) Regards, Maxim.
