On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 12:07 AM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage <dsavage@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dan,
You could try using the "meat" of that link without the prefix:
which will actually initiate an FTP download from a mirror site.
Windows' FTP has been known to be problematic for very large files
because (at least in the past) an interrupted download could not be
resumed.
I would recommend using IE8 for what it's good at, then another utility
for the main haul. Fetch cwRsync from:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sereds/files/cwRsync/4.0.5/cwRsync_4.0.5_Installer.zip/download
This is a Windows version of the rsync utility, a workhorse of the file
transfer variety if there ever was one. Assuming this latest cwRsync
uses the same command line options as rsync, this *LONG* command line at
an MS-DOS prompt will download the F14 DVD ISO file to the current
directory:
C:> cwRsync -tvxzP rsync://download.fedora.redhat.com/fedora-linux-releases/14/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-14-x86_64-DVD.iso .
Don't forget the trailing " ." space-dot destination. If you're curious,
the options in that command line are defined as follows:
-t preserve modification times
-v increase verbosity
-x don’t cross filesystem boundaries
-z compress file data during the transfer
-P same as --partial --progress
--partial keep partially transferred files
--progress show progress during transfer
On a 12Mbps connection this download should take about 75 minutes. If
the download is interrupted for any reason, you can re-run the same
command line and it will pick up where it left off. rsync is VERY
tenacious and guarantees 100% error-free delivery.
Good luck.
--Doc Savage
Fairview Heights, IL
On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 23:48 -0700, Dan Willenberg wrote:
> using iexploder8
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/en/download-splash?file=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/14/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-14-x86_64-DVD.iso
>
> link tries to connect, then nothing, it claims to be direct download
>
>
>
>
>
> > Subject: Re: can't download fedora 64bit dvd iso file
> > From: dsavage@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 08:29:31 -0600
> >
> > On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 03:41 -0700, Dan Willenberg wrote:
> > >
> > > every time I try, I just get file not found.
> > > never had a problem with earlier versions
> >
> > Dan,
> >
> > Where are you trying to download it from, and what are you using to
> > fetch it?
> >
> > --Doc Savage
> > Fairview Heights, IL
> >
You can also use wget (http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm ) to download files. Use
wget ftp://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/14/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-14-x86_64-DVD.iso
If the download fails resume with
wget -c ftp://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/14/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-14-x86_64-DVD.iso
Remember that DVD images can exceed the 4GB limitation of FAT32 formatted drives. Make sure you are saving to a NTFS formatted drive.
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