Wget "File size limit exceeded(core dumped)"

David G. Miller dave at davenjudy.org
Mon Oct 9 17:02:40 UTC 2006


"Linux Geeks" <indolinux.geeks at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All, I'm using Red Hat 9 and Wget 1.8.2. When I download a DVD ISO 
> image larger than 2GB I found this error : "File size limit 
> exceeded(core dumped)" How to resolve this ? Can I continue with 
> another application ? Regards, Feris 

wget isn't the problem.  ext2 in RH9 has a 2GB file size limit:

http://forums.theplanet.com/viewtopic.php?t=8171&sid=a82cc5dd9da773ebb5dcdf4a95d2ebf9

Download the CD iso images, upgrade one system to FC5 then use it to get 
the DVD image.

Cheers,
Dave

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