On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 05:47, Rob Weir wrote: > On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 04:11:38PM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > That is what I've been doing, but not a single additional data byte ever > > comes, with wget or ftp reget or whatever else. While I've had this > > problem with http transfers in the past on some large files > > (multi-megabytes usually) from *certain* websites, only the Knoppix ISOs > > have been a problem on Debian (although the Red Hat ISOs I tried to get > > for a client on his Windows XP system also had this problem - she was > > insistent that she wanted Red Hat, and knew I'd charge her less for my > > consulting time if I could do the download on her office bandwidth.) It > > is frustrating, and the main reason I want it is not for my machines, > > but for a friend to have a non-destructive way to try Linux on his XP > > box before he adds a second drive and has space to install a proper o/s > > (which I know he'll have me look after - installing the drive and then > > Linux - I'll probably even be administering the system for him over ssh > > after that.) > > Is there a transparent proxy somewhere between you and the server? > Maybe it's got a corrupt copy of the ISO and just keeps feeding you > that... > > -rob Y'know, now that you mention that, it sounds like the only *logical* answer, and I have been calling on the larger sites on the mirror list, such as PlanetMirror and Leo.org - if any are to be proxy'd, those are obvious candidates. Time to start analysing the paths (well, when I get a few more urgent tasks done.) -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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