downloading large files

[Andrew Mather]

> 
> Message: 16
> Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 15:05:29 +0100
> From: John Austin <ja at jaa.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: downloading large files
> To: Fedora Core List <fedora-list at redhat.com>
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> On Sat, 2005-07-09 at 15:09 +0200, Christoph Wickert wrote:
> > Am Samstag, den 09.07.2005, 00:07 -0500 schrieb Kenny Gow:
> > > Bob Hartung wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >   I am trying to download a 2+ Gb file via ftp, but my client seems to
> > > > corrupt the large download.  I cannot remember the program to use to get
> > > > around this limitation.  Could someone please enlighten me?
> > >
> > > I think wget from the command line ought to do it.
> >
> > No, not for files > 2 GB. See the Release Notes:
> >
> > http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc4/#sn-anaconda
> >
> > >
> > > --Kenny
> > >
> >
> > Christoph
> >
> Hi
> A straight forward FC3 ftp will download up to 2.8 ish GB
> as I used it to get a FC4 dvd iso image !

ncftp works well too.  I used it to get the FC4 DVD iso.  It has the
advantage of being able to resume downloads if necessary.

I even used this feature to get the rest of the dvd iso after wget
spat the dummy at ~2.1Gb !  I didn't want to have to download that
first 2Gb again  ;-)

Andrew