Shawn Walker wrote: > On 15/11/2007, andrewk9 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The reason given for splitting the download into 3 was that old systems >> don't like files bigger than 2GB. For example, old versions of wget stop >> downloading at 2GB minus 1 byte. Personally, I find totally this bizarre >> given this is 2007. >> > > Actually, the main reason was not only that, but that the download > servers hosting the files used to have problems with files >2GB > (supposedly), and the fact that the number of completed downloads > drops significantly once you go over a certain size unless folks are > using a download manager (apparently). >
The receiving systems can't have problems with files over 2GB, or there's no point; since the pieces get combined after download. There could be issues with any number of pieces of software that some people might use at earlier points in the chain, of course. -- David Dyer-Bennet, [EMAIL PROTECTED]; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info _______________________________________________ opensolaris-help mailing list [email protected]
