On Fri July 23 2004 13:36, Chris Berry wrote: > Neil Bower wrote: > >>> Everyone is encouraged to use BitTorrent to download here > >>> http://142.179.175.121/floss-cd.iso.torrent > > > > The previous time I downloaded using BitTorrent, a file > > (filename.torrent) was downloaded first, then the files I wanted > > followed afterwards. > > That URL points to the torrent file. BitTorrent downloads the torrent > file, and that tells it where to find the ISO. Looks like there are a > reasonable number of people serving it at the moment, as I'm maxing out > my DSL connection downloading (and nobody's uploading from me). > > > Chris.
That's what I thought, but there was no torrent file that was downloaded to my hard drive. I thought that the torrent file was needed if you wanted to serve the file out as well. I had excellent download speed - complete download in less than 30 minutes. Neil -- Neil Bower Registered User # 323470 ( http://counter.li.org ) _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
