On Sat, 9 Dec 2006, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > 1) Novell did not prepare metalink files with segment information. > > 2) the aria2c client doesn't handle segment checksums. > > > > You call that reliable? It is no more reliable than a single http/ftp > > download. > > It is far less reliable than a single ftp/http from a good server if the > download method gets chunks from multiple servers of which some are good > and some are bad. The unreliabilities of each chunk(-server) are > multiplied here. A chunked download without chunked checking isn't worth > the bother IMHO. > > > A single failure proves unreliability. A hundred sucesses do not prove > > otherwise. > > Especially if the single failure is as bad as it possibly can. > > I had wget once wipe a download for me at the 2GB limit (on 128kbit > cable, arrrgh). I didn't use it again for anything serious until that > was fixed. > > Of course, rsync always works reliably and as a bonus, fixes things up > too.
Could you update the page at http://en.opensuse.org/Metalinks with an exact command. My friends are out for a few days and there computer is not online for me to quickly gramd the command I used. I do not have the time right now to look it up again and sort things out. Thanks, -- Boyd Gerber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
