No, FTP is not more reliable, if you have a problem with HTTP downloads of the image you will have the same problems with FTP.
Yes, it can be made available in smaller chunks, but it is best to download it with a restartable downloader, which recovers from interruptions. wget on Linux can do this, as can rsync. There are restartable downloaders available for other operating systems. Ability to restart at last known point after an interruption is inherent in the HTTP, FTP and rsync protocols. But many HTTP clients do not use the feature. Yes, there is a better way of making new builds and updates available, and that is the olpc-update mechanism. It restarts from where it was disconnected as well, since it uses rsync. -- James Cameron mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://quozl.netrek.org/ _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
