ok i gave up on mandrake after reinstalling it 5 times. i am getting Phat
linux right now and i will burn it to a cd and try to install that. hopefull
ill be reading and sending my next messages in the linux OS rather than
coming back to reliable old windows dissapointed.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Brinkman
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 7:44 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Patch
On Wednesday 17 January 2001 10:13 am, s wrote:
> > What are you tryin to d/l it with? Some sites use login =
> > anonymous, password = your_email_address. This is mostly so they
> > can block you out if you misbehave. Most all d/l apps including
> > the CL ftp utilities have provisions for sending user/passwd. You
> > have to check the app or utility you're using.
>
> Konqueror I guess. I click on it when browsing in konqueror and
> sometimes it works, but sometimes it don't. Right click, save as
> sometimes. I've tried the email as password thing. Are you saying I
> need to get some kind of downloader?
Well yeah I'd suggest one if you're wantin to grab several files
unattended. I suspect you're gettin refused with a 'need password'
mesg or somethin like that, for no other reason than the site is
overloaded, ie, too many users. "Specially lately with all the
clueless Christmas computers getin online. BUT.... IMNSHO...
Browers, any of them, really suck as ftp agents. If you're in the
habit of d/l'ing a lot (and what linux user isn't?), use a specific ftp
utility. Many like to use the CL. Not me. I like a Russian app called
Webdownloader (nt, it's available on any Mandrake /contrib mirror,
nt-1.19-1mdk ). It does retries, resumes, and you can throttle it so
you can surf, email, newsgroups while it's d/l'ing. It's idiot simple
to configure and use, but mainly it works so well it's BulletProof FTP
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Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
