I am sorry - Range requests?? How can I see that when I run wget -c ???? You're asking for info I am at a loss as to how to obtain.
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Henrik Holst <[email protected]>wrote: > Considering that the failing file in question is 3.5GiB it's probably a > signed 32-bit problem with the size and/or range in either wget or the > server. Would be interesting to see the range requests done by your version > of wget around tje.signed 32 limit. > > /hh > Den 19 mar 2012 20:21 skrev "JD" <[email protected]>: > >> Thank you brian. But as I already stated in a previous msg, >> I have no build (compilation) env on my win xp :( >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Anthony Bryan <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> >> > here's the link for aria2 - you use 'aria2c -M metalinkfile' >> > >> > that will guarantee an error free download >> > >> > http://aria2.sourceforge.net/ >> > >> > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 2:50 PM, JD <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > Sorry! That link led me nowhere... >> > > So I still need latest wget compiled for windows 32. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:45 PM, JD <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > >> > >> gnu does not distribute windows binaries. >> > >> So, I will resort to downloading it from from >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> http://code.google.com/p/mingw-and-ndk/downloads/detail?name=wget-1.13.4-static-mingw.7z >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Micah Cowan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> > >>> On 03/18/2012 03:24 PM, JD wrote: >> > >>> > When using wget with the -c option, it does recover and resume the >> > >>> download >> > >>> > after network failures. However, after it finishes the download >> (in >> > my >> > >>> case >> > >>> > downloading >> > >>> > Fedora-16-i386-DVD.iso), I run the sha256sum on the downloaded ISO >> > and >> > >>> it is >> > >>> > completely different to the value stored in the file of CHECKSUMS >> on >> > the >> > >>> > same >> > >>> > page URL - >> > >>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/16/Fedora/i386/iso/ >> > >>> > >> > >>> > I downloaded this iso at least twice, with the same result - the >> > >>> sha256sum >> > >>> > performed on the file does not match the one at the above URL, and >> > nor >> > >>> > does it match the result of sha256sum performed on the previous >> > >>> downloads >> > >>> > of the iso file. >> > >>> > >> > >>> > So, something is not right with wget!! >> > >>> >> > >>> As others have said, using a newer version is probably a good idea. >> > >>> >> > >>> However, it's probably also worth asking where you got your wget >> from, >> > >>> since we don't really provide official binaries for Wget. Perhaps it >> > has >> > >>> a special case... >> > >>> >> > >>> It's also conceivable that it could be the server's issue, and isn't >> > >>> doing HTTP ranged requests correctly. Whether because of wget, or >> > >>> because of the server, the constantly varying sha256 sums are a clue >> > >>> that it's not happening correctly (assuming, of course, that all >> files >> > >>> are completely downloaded). >> > >>> >> > >>> With a partially-downloaded iso, I'd say, make a note of exactly how >> > >>> many bytes are in the partial download, and take a look at what the >> > tail >> > >>> end looks like. Then, when you continue the download, take a look at >> > >>> that same spot, and see what you find. If HTTP headers suddenly >> appear >> > >>> there, or you see what appears to be the beginning of the file at >> the >> > >>> continuation point in the file, those are big clues. Also save a >> copy >> > of >> > >>> the original partial download, so you can continue it again and see >> if >> > >>> you get different results, or if they're reproducible for the >> > same-sized >> > >>> partial download being continued. >> > >>> >> > >>> And add the --debug flag to wget to get as much information about >> > what's >> > >>> going on as possible. If you manage to find out what's happening, >> you >> > >>> may need these logs to know whether to blame wget, or kernel.org. >> > >>> >> > >>> Hope that helps, >> > >>> -mjc >> > >>> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > (( Anthony Bryan ... Metalink [ http://www.metalinker.org ] >> > )) Easier, More Reliable, Self Healing Downloads >> > >> >
