Suggestion http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/Download

[Patrick Barnes]

On Saturday 04 March 2006 19:44, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Re: http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/Download
>
> A) You meant 2gig, not 4gig, and
>
> B) it's more useful to tell us how to get the DVD ISO, rather than
> "refer to doc".  For instance - the "FTP" client in Win XP's "cmd"
> environment works OK (providing you use NTFS - FAT32 can't do >2g). If
> there's some other way besides HTTP/FTP, which you hint at, please
> tell us.  If you know linux ways to get the files, please tell us how.
> I know "scp" always works to move these things around once you've got
> them, FYI.
>
> C) Another warning you should give: Other things that can't "do" >2g
> include most apache web servers, many other web servers (some will not
> let you download the file, others won't even show you it's there, while
> still others will bomb out when you hit the 2g boundary), and most NFS
> and Samba network shares (which usually either hide the file, or bomb
> out at 2g, usually leaving you with a corrupted target)
>
> Kind Regards,
> Chris Drake

Thank you for your tips.  I will look into how we can apply these ideas with 
our upcoming updates to that section, and to its fedora.redhat.com 
counterpart.

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