On Sun, 2014-06-08 at 17:49 -0400, David wrote: > > Use a torrent download (the same site has torrent versions). It's > likely > > to be faster, not to mention easier to restart partial downloads. > > > > poc > > > > > His complaint was that his download did not complete. A torrent would > be > a complete restart.
Wrong, see below. > And a torrent, at this late date, would/could be > slow since the possibility od acctive 'seeds' would/could be small. As an experiment I just started a torrent download of the x86_64 DVD. It's currently coming from 88 peers and maxing out my 80Mbps connection. > And, IMO, since he can not complete, or resume, an oridinary d/l -- > you > expect him to preform a torrent d/l? God luck with that. I restart (i.e. continue) torrents all the time. I frequently reboot my machine while it's in the middle of downloading a torrent and have never had the least problem in continuing it. The whole point of torrents is that they consist of multiple pieces from different sources. poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
