A tip for ppl who download big iso files like fedora iso's

[Serge de Souza]

VJ wrote:
> Hi,
>     I just wanted to share this with users of Fedora. I downloaded Fedora
> Core 3 DVD using FTP, cos I was getting 180kbytes per second from
> ftp.esat.net (in Dublin/Ireland), and lot less than that by bittorrent. I
> downloaded that file in a little more than 3 and half hours. Now the problem
> cropped up when I tried to burn it using Nero. It complained that the file
> was not ISO. I checked the md5sum and it was not the same as Fedora's site
> says. I did not want to re-download that again. I initiated the process of
> bittorrent download for the same iso file but stopped it after some
> kilobytes were downloaded. then I replaced the partial iso file downloaded
> by bit torrent with the full iso file I had (but was corrupt). then I
> restarted bit-torrent again and automagically it re-downloaded the portion
> of the file that was corrupt. That too in just 3 minutes!!! Saved me a lot
> of time. I checked the md5sum after that and it matched the one available on
> Fedora's site.
> 
>  You too can do it for the iso's of CD's as well, i guess.
> 
> Hope it helps somebody.
> 
> VJ
> 

Which client were you using ?


Serge