On Wednesday 10 September 2003 09:55, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote:
> > You need to get familiar with rsync.  Navigate to the directory with
> > the partial downloads and run this from the command line:
> >
> > rsync -Pv --stats --progress
> > ftp.sunet.se::Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.2rc2-CD*
>
> This should also help with your limited bandwidth when final comes out.  
> Just rename the local .iso files to match the final release file names
> and run the same command.  It should only download the differences
> between the files--giving you a shiney updated .iso at a fraction of the
> time.  I don't know how much of a bandwidth savings it will actually
> give you so you may want to keep an eye on it.
>
> --
> Brant Fitzsimmons
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Brant,
I can see how this would work for directories but are you saying that rsync 
would actually go into the iso files to match them and then partially 
download?
I'd think you'd need to mount them with -o loop first (and mounting the local 
one rw).

Alas I don't have the bandwidth left to check that and it's only the first 
half of the month.

Good luck,
HarM



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