Bob Goodwin - W2BOD wrote: > Can I do - wget > http://bitwagon.com:6969/torrents/F-7-i386-disc1.iso.torrent and write > to a cd from the resulting file? Will it even download that way? No - this will download the torrent file. (The file that provides the information to a bit torrent client so it can download the file(s).) > Can I simply remove the .torrent from the file name or is this in some unique > format? You could if the site had the .iso file in the same directory as the torrent, and was allowing downloads, but it probably doesn't. Think of the .torrent as instructions on how to download the file(s). A torrent can be instructions for downloading more then one file, as well as one or more directories to put them in. > > I have hesitated to share in a bittorrent download because of the > limitations imposed by my ISP, 5 gigs per 30 days upload, which we are > often close to. I believe they normally want you to share in the data > transfer scheme. > You download will normally be drastically slower if you are not sharing - you can still download it that way, but it will probably take a lot longer. The idea is that people that share get a higher priority for downloads then people that do not. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
