FC3 DVD download problems

[Maxim Eremeev]

> 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.