Elvin Peterson wrote: > The Cygwin setup program setup.exe does not seem to > handle partial downloads of files. I have downloads > interrupted in the middle of a large package like > X11-fonts and the next time it starts from scratch. > Is this behavior expected? Or is it just a bug in my > install? Since almost all web and ftp servers support > the REGET option shouldn't it be the default?
Try selecting "Use IE5 settings" instead of "Direct Connection". I'm not sure it will matter but I think if you do it that way it will use the IE methods instead of the built-in ones for downloading, which may support resuming. Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
