On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:33 PM, Kussh Singh <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I tried downloading the HUGE collabcad PLM setup file from collabcad
> website. However both times though I was able to download the 1.62GB file
> using firefox addon downthemall, downthemall failed to finally put the file
> in the proper download folder given for the purpose. Only 750mb file
> resulted from a FULL download of 1.62 GB.
>
> There was enough space in the /home directory -so that possibility of less
> space is ruled out. I think downthemall
> 1 downloads to a temporary or hidden directory and
> 2 then checksums the hidden directory download after the download is
> complete
> and
> 3 then moves the checksummed file to the final destination under /home
> directory if everything is ok or gives an error.
>
> It seems to be restricted in download size upto 750MB.
>
> Am looking for a better dowload manager which can work under ubuntu 9.04
> and with such SUPER large files. If anyone knows of a better manager with
> checksumming ability pls let me know.
>
> The other option is using a torrent file (via a bittorrent client) if any
> exists.
>
> Thanks for any help
> Kussh
>
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downthemall addon works nicely for me, their is no restriction of file size.
for other manager see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_download_managers


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