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From: Frederick Williams on 23 Mar 2010 08:48 I wish to download andLinux from http://sourceforge.net/projects/andlinux/files/andlinux/Beta%202/andlinux-beta2-kde.exe/download. It is about 563MB in size and I only have an unreliable dial-up connection*. I wonder whether there is some way of downloading it so that if the download is interrupted I can re-start it from the point that it got to rather than having to start over again from the beginning. Or is it possible to download it in smaller pieces that can then be concatenated? * Whether it is less reliable than other dial-up connections I don't know, but I have been unable to download more than about 12% before the connection breaks. -- I can't go on, I'll go on.
From: White Spirit on 23 Mar 2010 09:03 On 23/03/2010 12:48, Frederick Williams wrote: > I wish to download andLinux from > http://sourceforge.net/projects/andlinux/files/andlinux/Beta%202/andlinux-beta2-kde.exe/download. > It is about 563MB in size and I only have an unreliable dial-up > connection*. I wonder whether there is some way of downloading it so > that if the download is interrupted I can re-start it from the point > that it got to rather than having to start over again from the > beginning. Or is it possible to download it in smaller pieces that can > then be concatenated? Use a download manager. I used to use Prozilla when I was on dialup. It's a command line util but there is a GUI version available. Or, you could use BitTorrent, although it doesn't work too well with dial up.
From: Robert Heller on 23 Mar 2010 10:02 At Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:03:42 +0000 White Spirit <wspirit(a)homechoice.co.uk> wrote: > > On 23/03/2010 12:48, Frederick Williams wrote: > > > I wish to download andLinux from > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/andlinux/files/andlinux/Beta%202/andlinux-beta2-kde.exe/download. > > It is about 563MB in size and I only have an unreliable dial-up > > connection*. I wonder whether there is some way of downloading it so > > that if the download is interrupted I can re-start it from the point > > that it got to rather than having to start over again from the > > beginning. Or is it possible to download it in smaller pieces that can > > then be concatenated? > > Use a download manager. I used to use Prozilla when I was on dialup. > It's a command line util but there is a GUI version available. > > Or, you could use BitTorrent, although it doesn't work too well with > dial up. Also many linux distros are available on CD-Rs or DVD-Rs from Cheapbytes.com -- this might be a viable option. -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller(a)deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/
From: Sidney Lambe on 23 Mar 2010 10:14 On comp.os.linux.misc, Frederick Williams <frederick.williams2(a)tesco.net> wrote: > I wish to download andLinux from > http://sourceforge.net/projects/andlinux/files/andlinux/Beta%20 > 2/andlinux-beta2-kde.exe/download. It is about 563MB in size > and I only have an unreliable dial-up connection*. I wonder > whether there is some way of downloading it so that if the > download is interrupted I can re-start it from the point that > it got to rather than having to start over again from the > beginning. Or is it possible to download it in smaller pieces > that can then be concatenated? > > * Whether it is less reliable than other dial-up connections I > don't know, but I have been unable to download more than about > 12% before the connection breaks. -- I can't go on, I'll go on. Wget is available for Windows. wget -c should work for you. Check out the manpage. Sid
From: Frederick Williams on 23 Mar 2010 10:48
Frederick Williams wrote: > > I wish to download andLinux from > http://sourceforge.net/projects/andlinux/files/andlinux/Beta%202/andlinux-beta2-kde.exe/download. > [...] Thank you for the suggestions and speed of response. -- I can't go on, I'll go on. |