On 6/8/2014 5:39 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Sun, 2014-06-08 at 16:54 -0400, Doug wrote:
> Well, the reason was that I had the disk. So I listened to the sage
> advice from the list here, and started to download the file. I have
> the
> usual cable connection, and I thought
> I'd have the file in 20 minutes or so. The estimate was 4½ hours! I
> said
> to go ahead, and then after about 2½ hours I accidentally aborted it.
> I'll try again late tonite.
> I'm downloadeing from
fedoraproject.org.
Use a torrent download (the same site has torrent versions). It's likely
to be faster, not to mention easier to restart partial downloads.
poc
His complaint was that his download did not complete. A torrent would be
a complete restart. And a torrent, at this late date, would/could be
slow since the possibility od acctive 'seeds' would/could be small.
And, IMO, since he can not complete, or resume, an oridinary d/l -- you
expect him to preform a torrent d/l? God luck with that.
--
David