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

Serge de Souza serge at cs.curtin.edu.au
Thu Nov 11 01:38:58 UTC 2004


VJ wrote:
>> VJ wrote:
>>> 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
>>
> 
> I used wget to download the first file.
> 
> VJ

Ooops I should have specified:

Which *bit torrent* client were you using ?

Serge




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