On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 06:02 +0200, Mark Panen wrote: > On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:44:19 -0500, Kunal Shah <kunalv.shah@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > You can download four cd iso files and use a script to make DVD iso out > > of it. > > > > I did it and it worked perfactly fine. then i burned dvd out of it. > > > > I am looking for that link. once i will get it i will post it. > > > > On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 13:05 +0300, Maxim Eremeev wrote: > > > > 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. > > Sorry to hijack the thread, but is there any way to make wget overcome > the 2 Gig limit, i like downloading with the command line, i was > thinking of rsync but there are not many rsync mirrors around and i > don't know it's limitations. You could always use curl instead: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-November/msg05028.html Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
