Check out rsync. Resumes downloads plus checks and updates what you already have. Note that you can also change beta 2 into beta 3 using it. It checksums the iso file and only downloads changes. I usually just rsync the whole iso (via a modem!), but there is a rsync script that can just download a subset of the iso cutting the amount of data still further - "http://www.ains.net.au/~ronst/rsync/readme.html"; - I aim to use this this time around.
BillK On Fri, 2002-02-22 at 07:08, Brandon Dorman wrote: > Well, the second cd quit downloading at 612 megabytes out of 648 > possible, and wouldn't resume without losing it all, so I guess I > answered my own question. I'll start downloading Beta 3, should finish > it in 10 days... :-) > > -Brandon > > On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 13:45, Brandon Dorman wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I've been a fan of Red Hat for almost three years, really diving into > > it in the past 6 months (recompiled the 2.4.17 kernel, got my ide cd > > burner working, sound card working now, almost got my printer working) > > but recently have read some stuff that makes Mandrake sound very > > attractive! So I started to download the beta iso's. This was a few > > days ago. My campus' network connection has been very slow at times, > > going from 100KB/S all the way down to 4KB/S. I am about done with CD2 > > and noticed that Beta3 has been released. Is there a utility like > > up2date in RH that makes it pretty easy to upgrade once I've gotten it > > installed? no matter what I'll probably buy the 8.2 boxed set if I like > > it. But in the meantime I do like stability. :-) Thanks! > > > > -Brandon > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > ---- > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ---- > > This message has been 'sanitized'. This means that potentially > dangerous content has been rewritten or removed. The following > log describes which actions were taken. > > Sanitizer (start="1014333450"): > Part (pos="2419"): > SanitizeFile (filename="unnamed.txt", mimetype="text/plain"): > Match (rule="2"): > Enforced policy: accept > > Part (pos="3997"): > SanitizeFile (filename="message.footer", mimetype="text/plain"): > Match (rule="default"): > Enforced policy: defang > > Replaced mime type with: application/DEFANGED-12 > Replaced file name with: message_footer.DEFANGED-12 > > Total modifications so far: 1 > > > Anomy 0.0.0 : Sanitizer.pm > $Id: Sanitizer.pm,v 1.32 2001/10/11 19:27:15 bre Exp $
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