On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying to fetch RHEL ISOs over an unreliable ISP connection using curl. > I can't find the download helper web page I used to refer to, so what > follows is from memory. The problem is getting downloads to resume where > they left off. > > After logging onto RHN and going to the ISOs channels/downloads page, I > right-click on the link I want and select "Copy Link Location". Then at a > command line I type: > > $ curl -C - -O 'paste link location here' <-- middle mouse click to paste > > The download starts and proceeds normally until my ISP connection fails. The > problem I'm having is that the partially downloaded file will look something > like this: > > /home/doc/RHEL5/rhel-server-5.4-x86_64-dvd.iso?__gda__=1261105782_f07833f2185ff96df99c0c08b37cccd2 > > with the stuff after ".iso" apparently being related to my RHN session > login. When I log back in to RHN (the original session having timed out) and > try to resume the transfer, it starts over at 0 because the stuff after > ".iso" is different in the new session. > > This used to work. What am I doing wrong, or what's changed?
This is very annoying and the only thing I know how to do at this point is rename the partially downloaded file to correspond to the name from the new link and it will continue then. Very inconvenient. I asked Red Hat to fix this so the name was like it used to be but they don't seem to be able/willing to do that now. John _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
