Am Dienstag, 28. Februar 2006 02:36 schrieb Carlos E. R.: > The Monday 2006-02-27 at 14:02 +0100, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Viras wrote: > > > The boxed set will contain a DVD. There only wont be a downloadable DVD > > > at the website (at least that's what they said at the FOSDEM). > > > > A "wise" decision, as long as not even the 10.0-supplied apache is able > > to deliver files > 2 GB. > > I'm curious. O:-) > > Does downloading a dvd image have more impact of an ftp server than > downloading (or installing) from the classical ftp tree, ie, each > separate rpm? I mean, of course, with many simultaneous clients, as in > gwdg.
I think it is more a case that some software is still compiled without big file support, so the files over 2GB either crap-out or they get truncated. Firefox, for example, has problems with large ISO's, downloading the Debian DVD image with firefox made a 2GB file out of the original ~4GB ISO on the server. With the advent of fast internet connections and large multimedia files, it looks like some tools are still struggling to catch up. Hopefully big file support will be included soon... Dave -- "I got to go figure," the tenant said. "We all got to figure. There's some way to stop this. It's not like lightning or earthquakes. We've got a bad thing made by men, and by God that's something we can change." - The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
