Re: zsync is your friend (was Re: d-i dnld: many retries!)

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Marcus Blumhagen wrote:
> > After a look into the server's directory I noticed the .zsync files.
> > So I installed zsync and gave it a shot:
> >
> > $ zsync 
> > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso.zsync 
> >
> >
> > I aborted several times and it happily resumed afterwards.
> >
> >
> > Regards
>
>
> Thanks Marcus, let me give that a try!
>
> Hugo


Marcus, that was a major find of yours, those zsync files.

After 8 hours got this:
verifying download...checksum matches OK
used 4505600 local, fetched 164013300

And indeed... the checksums match.

Thanks again!

Hugo