On dimanche 31 octobre 2010 at 02:12, Graham Lauder wrote : > CD or DVD, either is too big to download on my dialup. a 700meg cd would > take a week to download considering that I have to keep phone line free > during the day and early evening.(that's of course as long as the server > supports resuming and the download doesn't break, which of course you > don't find out until the end, then you have to start all over. :/
Just a side note regarding this problem. Some mirrors provide rsync access, so with the --partial option you can continue a download and rsync make sure all parts of the file are correct. For example at distrib-coffee rsync://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/mandrivalinux/official/iso/ -- Renaud Michel
