That much I can understand. I expect it to take a long time on dialup. But why does it quit saying the file is bad? I may have to have a friend do as you suggest and put it on a cd.
On 31 Jan 2008 at 21:04, neils93940 wrote: > A little explanation would have avoided a lot of problems with the > EXCELLENT training/instructor manual on Ubuntu 7.10.. IT IS A LARGE > download!!! If you decide to download it, consider that both the > student and the instructor Training.PDF files are each over 74MB in > size. YEP....SEVENTY FOUR MEGA BYTES - THAT's ROUGHLY 80,000,000 > BYTES to run down you net connection!!! Given a choice, download the > instructor manual as it is an overlay on the student version. If you > have a poor net connection, or horrors a dial-up, then you will have > to make several attempts to download this manual and it will take A > LOT OF TIME. I would suggest you use a download manager which allows > for "resuming" from where the download crashed to prevent having to > start each time from the beginning. One can also visit a friend with > a good broadband connection and means to burn you a CD to take home. > Perhaps the creator can provide an option to download the 11 chapters > as individual pdf's for those having problems fetching the entire > manual. The manual is worth it; but, it will take effort to download > it for most Ubuntu users. > > --- In [email protected], "jim allan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I have no trouble with this link. The trouble comes > when I choose > a student or teacher version. I have tried both with > IE and firefox > ony to wait near an hou before it quits with the > message " the file > is damaged and can't be repaired." I even went > to the wike site or > whatever and tried from there. > > To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
