try wget, it is a commandline tool, but don't be scared! It is very
robust.

example:

wget http://www.microsoft.com/win2k.iso

if it stops part way through 

wget -c http://www.microsoft.com/win2k.iso

-c = continue.

It will dump the file in your current directory.

I often cut and paste the file's URL into a terminal window to save a
lot of retyping.

On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 17:23:19 +1200
Chris Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I'm having trouble downloading large gzip files from places like
> sourceforge. For example a 20MB gzipped OpenGL game I tried to grab
> today 'Finished' after 8MB (Ark tells me the gzip is incomplete, with
> the expected 'premature EOF' etc...)
> 
> I'm using Netscape 7.01 (Download Manager says file is Finished and
> shows the size as 20+MB), but an ls -l in my Download directory
> shows only 8MB has actually transfered. This has happened many times
> when attempting to grab large files.
> 
> I'm on Snap Internet (unlimited access) via a 56k V.92 external DSE
> modem (Intel based hardware one). The file was averaging 4.5kB/sec
> and had seen few pauses in stream...it just stopped instantly and
> D/L manager said it was finished!! Ridiculous!! :^(
> 
> I'm running MDK 9.0/KDE 3.03 on a DSE Terminator...
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Chris Wilkinson, Dallington.
> 

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