Problem with downloading FC3t3

Paul Howarth paul at city-fan.org
Wed Oct 13 11:33:00 UTC 2004


Sharon Kimble wrote:
> Paul Howarth wrote:
> 
> 
>>Sharon Kimble wrote:
>>
>>>I've just spent about 18 hours downloading the Fedora Core 3 test 3 DVD
>>>using wget, and its just died on me when it reached a file size of 2gb
>>>with an error message of 'File size limit exceeded'.
>>>
>>>How can I get round this please so that I can get the DVD and test FC3?
>>
>>What type of filesystem were you trying to download it onto?
>>
>>An ext2/ext3 filesystem will have no problem with such a large file, but a
>>VFAT filesystem will.
>>
> 
> Sheesh Paul, that was quick! :))
> 
> Just into my home folder which is the fedora default filesystem, ?ext3?

What's the output of the following commands when run in the directory you're 
trying to download to?

df .
mount

Paul.




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