corrupted ISOs, or wrong SHA1SUMs ??
Kam Leo
kam.leo at gmail.com
Sun Aug 24 16:59:31 UTC 2008
On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 11:51 PM, Michael Jenkins <darvedd at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/8/24 Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com>:
>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:46 PM, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 22:11 -0500, Matt Domsch wrote:
>>>> Check the length of your downloaded ISO vs. what it _should_ be. Some
>>>> http downloads will screw up with a >2GB file...
>>>
>>> Likewise with trying to save such big files on some file systems, such
>>> as the *old* DOS/Windows one.
>>>
>>
>> BitTorrent clients can handle files in excess of 2 GB. Best to save
>> to an NTFS formatted drive. If a torrent is too slow for you use
>> wget.exe (version 1.10.2 or greater) from the command line. Use it
>> with the -c option to ensure a complete download.
>
> Fat32 drives have a file size limit of 4 GB.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Michael Jenkins
1) The maximum file size for FAT32 is actually one byte less than 4
GB. A single layer DVD can store 4.7 GB.
2) I was addressing the limitation of the file downloading
application/plugin in older browsers and, for that matter, older
versions of wget.
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