This one time, at band camp, Mark L. Kahnt said: > 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.)
ulimit -a show anything? What size is the file when it dies? -- Stephen Gran |"Atomic batteries to power, turbines to speed." [EMAIL PROTECTED] |-- Robin, The Boy Wonder http://www.lobefin.net/~steve |
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