interesting problem

[LarryT]

Hi Glenn,
I cant answer to you question, but i just know download over 2go is 
impossible with lynx or ftp. But just use wget, and t will work (see 
"man wget") It is a usefull tool !
:)

Larry
"Computers are like air conditioners - They stop working properly when 
you open Windows !"


glenn wrote:
> As mentioned earlier, I decided to suck Knoppix 5.0 to a DVD.  I found 
> on a Knoppix mirror (ftp.kernel.org/pub/dist/knoppix/knoppix-dvd) the 
> distro (4243030 KB in size).
> 
> A couple of hours ago, I started a suck via the HTTP button.  But 
> noticed that it showed the target size would be 2 GB :-(  I let it 
> continue, BUT, when I had rcvd 2 GB, it terminated :-(
> 
> So I went back to the size and used the ftp but and  that is were I got 
> the above info from.  Again I started the download, only to find it was 
> also going to be 2 GB :-(
> 
> Now I am using FC4 as an environment.  Strange.  It is as though the 
> file transfer system doesn't support above 2 GB.
> 
> Any comment?
>