On Tuesday 23 April 2002 10:13 pm, you wrote: > On Tue, 2002-04-23 at 17:35, M. Mueller wrote: > > > > ftp://kickstart.linux.ncsu.edu > > > > Can anyone help me understand why I keep getting failures on downloading > > an ISO? I have DSL. I've tried multiple machines. I've tried > > initiating the download with browser and ftp. I've tried multiple sites. > > The site above will let me get between 450 and 510 Mb before stopping. > > Up to that point the downloading is quite brisk. I think I'm on failure > > no. 8 now. Any help would be appreciated. > > If the site supports it, you might consider using rsync. Rsync > will only download the portions of the file you don't have so > that if it fails in the middle you won't have to start all over > again. > > Tanner
with high hopes I tried: rsync [EMAIL PROTECTED]:pub/redhat/linux/6.2/en/iso/sparc/zoot-sparc.iso zoot-sparc.iso got: mork.eos.ncsu.edu: Connection refused Nuts! gonna try ftp'ing rufus.w3.org overnight; if that fails, I'll order CDs from someplace Thanks. -- Michael Mueller Signalnetware, Inc. www.signalnetware.com 919.621.6090 _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html