Re: download 4Gb iso on basic broadband question

On 27 November 2010 09:46, Michael Adams <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Saturday 27 November 2010 01:38, Erin Drummond wrote:
> > It'll succeed, just use a download manager so you can resume it if it
> craps
> > out
>
> I'll go one more than that. Umm - two options.
>
> 1. Easiest - try the command line "wget" as an option. It does everything a
> download manager does but can be started as simply as
> "wget ftp://the.web.address"
> or
> "wget http://the.web.address"
>
> If they give the choice go FTP over HTTP. wget has an automatic resume
> option
> built in for dropped downloads.
>
> 2. More complex - Use bittorrent*. It lets you download from peers (other
> users that have already downloaded). It allows multiple sources
> simultaneously. It allows you to give back to the community by staying
> connected and being a torrent source for others.
>
> HTH
>
> * I had a look at the nearest physical mirror and i found no DVD. For that
> matter i found no torrent option on the main website so option 2 seems a
> non-starter.
> ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/pclinuxos
> http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/pclinuxos/live-cd/
>
> --
> Michael
>

Thanks - I'll look at your options Michael.  The download is here - will
probably have to use a distant mirror.  It sounds as though it could be
worth looking at for Windows users intending, or thinking about swapping to
Linux.  Although I think Pclos is good for that anyway.
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,73118.0.html


Cheers
Rose
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is the source of all true science."  Einstein

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