Why can't i download FC4?

PalmGuy · 08-12-2005, 08:37 AM

This may seem like the dumbest question ever asked here, but for some reason when i download the ISOs off of any mirror they partially download and i get a 432mb ISO when it is really 635. What is going on? I still have the FC3 cds but i want to start off with something fairly new. Any help and suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks in advance.

Nylex · 08-12-2005, 08:48 AM

Hmm, I don't know what the problem could be but have you tried using an FTP client to resume the download?

saman007uk · 08-12-2005, 09:26 AM

On linux, to resume the file you can go to the directory where the file is downloaded, and try the resume the file:

Code:

wget -c ftp://website.com/my-file

Also, it might be that the images on the FTP server are cossupted. Have you tried a different mirror?

Boow · 08-12-2005, 10:37 AM

try bittorrent

WhatsHisName · 08-12-2005, 12:09 PM

I second saman007uk’s comment about wget.

It may be somewhat cumbersome to use, but wget is exceptionally efficient at getting large things downloaded.

yvesg · 08-13-2005, 01:42 PM

hmz, that quite strange...

But to be complety honest, I was using FC3 also, upgraded to FC4.... then for some unexplained reason, the problems began !
Got so misirable of it... Downloaded my old roots-linux SUSE (the v9.3). And now all is working like a charm !

v00d00101 · 08-14-2005, 03:16 AM

In general i'd say ignore downloading the ISO's via http/ftp, and just use bittorrent. The way it handles the hashing of the files generally means you always get a good image at the end.