[ltp] linuxiso problem slightly OT

zongliang li linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Fri, 6 Sep 2002 10:25:48 +0800


Bert Haskins,=C4=FA=BA=C3=A3=A1

=09I think you should use wget insted of netscape on download=
 softwares.

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>Jim Redmond wrote:
>
>> Bert Haskins wrote:
>> >  I have been trying to download some of the ISO files from=
 linuxiso.com.
>> How are you trying to download?  Through a Web browser, FTP,=
 or some
>> other means?  And which distro's ISOs?
>
>I have successfully DLed all of RH 7.3 using Netscape about 1/3=
 of the time the
>DL would stop at 98 and some times I could resume by trying=
 again.
>When it did resume, the first 98 would go at very high rates and=
 then it would
>finish.
>I have a cable modem so my normal speed it about 30k/sec
>
>>
>>
>> > Some of the time, like right now, the download goes along=
 perfectly except that it
>> > stops at 98.
>> > The actual mesage is Status: 662616k of 662624k(at=
 29.7K/sec)
>> > It just sits there and won't finish.
>> How long does it take you to get to that point?  The=
 connection might be
>> timing out, on one end or the other.
>
>It's very steady, slightly over 100M per hour right up to the 98=
 point and
>then it stops!
>I am now trying Idman306, which may solve the problem.
>I'll let you know if it does.
>Thanks, Bert
>
>>
>>
>> > Does anybody have and ideas?
>> For the record, when I first decided to get into Linux, I only=
 had
>> access to a dial-up connection.  So instead of trying to=
 download ISOs,
>> I got Debian ("potato") CDs from www.edmunds-enterprises.com. =
 I was
>> quite pleased with the whole experience.
>>
>> --
>> Jim Redmond
>> jim@scrubnugget.com
>>
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